Author : Tricia Brown
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 25,66 MB
Release : 2017-11
Category :
ISBN : 9780996843119
Photography book of Iconic people, places, events, dogs, memorabilia, food and gear that have been endeared to Alaska¿s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
Author : Lew Freedman
Publisher : Alaska Northwest Books
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 28,88 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781941821282
Features the fascinating careers of Iditarod icons as well as the administrators, volunteers, and classic characters that keep the race "running."
Author : Tricia Brown
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,60 MB
Release : 2014-02-03
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1439642370
For sled dogracing fans worldwide, the most important calendar day is the first Saturday in March, when teams convene for the start of mushings Superbowlthe Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Every year, as it has since 1973, this ultimate challenge begins in the states most populated city, Anchorage, and then dives into the Alaska Bush on a historic trail that wends over mountain ranges, along frozen rivers, and onto the Bering Sea ice. The finish line lies 1,000-plus miles away in Nome, beneath a giant, burled archway. There, dogs and their drivers are greeted by masses of locals, vacationing fans, officials, media, and other mushers who intimately know what that team has just endured. To simply finish is the goal for entrants; to win is the accomplishment of a rare few. Indeed, more people have climbed Mount Everest than have finished the Iditarod.
Author : Lew Freedman
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 30,39 MB
Release : 2015-01-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1941821529
In IDITAROD ADVENTURES, mushers explain why they have chosen this rugged lifestyle, what has kept them in long-distance mushing, and the experiences they have endured along that unforgiving trail between Anchorage and Nome. Renowned sports writer Lew Freedman profiles 23 mushers—men, women, Natives, seasoned veterans, and some relatively new to the demanding sport, many of whom are so well-known in Alaska that fans refer to them only by their first names. The book also features interviews with administrators who organize the event and make sure it happens every year, volunteers, and others whose connection to the Iditarod is self-evident even if they don’t have an official title.
Author : Gary Paulsen
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 15,80 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Dogsledding
ISBN : 0027702219
For a rugged outdoor man and his family, life in northern Minnesota is a wild experience involving wolves, deer, and the sled dogs that make their way of life possible. Includes an account of the author's first Iditarod, a dogsled race across Alaska.
Author : Katie Mangelsdorf
Publisher : Publication Consultants
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 46,40 MB
Release : 2011-07-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1594332460
Joe Redington Sr. was an ordinary man with extraordinary dreams—and buckets of determination! His vision was as vast as the majestic Alaska landscape he loved to explore. This firsthand account is of the man whose love for the Alaskan husky and the Iditarod Trail evolved into the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. Joe’s adventurous spirit, fierce perseverance, and creative heart burned strong within his character and enabled the impossible to become a reality. His spell-binding stories and genuine love of Alaska drew people into his dreams. This is the story of those unique feats that defined Joe’s life, and built the foundation for the most demanding and famous sled dog race in the world.
Author : Gary Paulsen
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 32,38 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780156001458
Paulsen and his team of dogs endured snowstorms, frostbite, dogfights, moose attacks, sleeplessness, and hallucinations in the relentless push to go on. Map and color photographs.
Author : Gay Salisbury
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 23,42 MB
Release : 2005-02-17
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0393076210
"A stirring tale of survival, thanks to man's best friend." —Seattle Times When a deadly diphtheria epidemic swept through Nome, Alaska, in 1925, the local doctor knew that without a fresh batch of antitoxin, his patients would die. The lifesaving serum was a thousand miles away, the port was icebound, and planes couldn't fly in blizzard conditions—only the dogs could make it. The heroic dash of dog teams across the Alaskan wilderness to Nome inspired the annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and immortalized Balto, the lead dog of the last team whose bronze statue still stands in New York City's Central Park. This is the greatest dog story, never fully told until now.
Author : S. L. Hamilton
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 49,28 MB
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1617836931
Presents a history of the Iditarod race, discussing its history, traditions, and the possible dangers the racers and their dogs face.
Author : Phyllis Krasilovsky
Publisher : Roberts Rinehart
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 23,24 MB
Release : 2002-11-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1461663741
Benny was an Aleut Indian boy living in an Alaskan mission home many years before Alaska became a state. One day his teacher told the class about a contest to make a flag for Alaska. That night the boys and girls of the mission house made many designs for the flag. Benny thought about what he loved most about Alaska. Benny knew what he wanted his flag to be like: the blue field for the Alaska sky and the forget-me-not flower; the North Star for the future State of Alaska, the most northerly state in the Union; and the dipper for the Great Bear—symbolizing strength. A month later the teacher announced: "Children, the flag contest is over. From all over Alaska children sent in designs for the flag. And Benny's design has won the contest!" Benny's Flag is a true story. Ages 5-8
