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2. Dog booties - Wikipedia

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   Dog booties prevent ice balls from forming between dogs’ toes. Dog booties, commonly called booties, are rubber, fabric, or plastic coverings for dogs' paws used to protect the animal from cold weather, rough terrain, or injury. They are analogous to human shoes and are most common in sled dog races. Many races require booties as a basic ...

3. Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race - Wikipedia

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   The race's namesake is the Iditarod Trail, which was designated as one of the first four US National Historic Trails in 1978. [5] The trail, in turn, is named for the town of Iditarod, which was an Athabaskan village before becoming the center of the Inland Empire's [a] Iditarod Mining District in 1910, and then becoming a ghost town at the end of the local gold rush.

4. Norman D. Vaughan - Wikipedia

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   Dog musher on the Iditarod Trail. Vaughan moved to Alaska at the age of 68. Bankrupt and divorced, he rebuilt his life, competing in 13 Iditarod races and "crashing" the Presidential Inauguration parade in 1977, bringing sled dogs to represent his adopted state. In 1981 and 1985, he and his Alaskan contingent formally participated in the parade.

5. After Iditarod sled dog collapses and dies, musher scratches

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   Mar. 10—The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Sunday recorded its first 2024 dog death. Around 9:46 a.m. Sunday, a 2-year-old dog named Bog running on rookie Isaac Teaford's team collapsed about ...

6. Alaska's Iditarod dogs get neon visibility harnesses after 5 ...

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   The Iditarod, the annual sled dog race celebrating Alaska's official state sport, got underway Saturday with a new focus on safety after five dogs died and eight were injured in collisions with ...

7. Alaska's 52nd annual Iditarod sled dog race mushes to ... - AOL

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   ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) -The world's most famous sled-dog race got under way on Saturday when 38 mushers and their canine teams, one of the smallest rosters of competitors ever, lined up in ...

8. Dog deaths revive calls for end to Iditarod, the endurance ...

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   Dog mushing has a long and storied tradition in Alaska that harkens back to its Native peoples and frontier spirit, however, and while there are calls to end the race forever, supporters say the Iditarod should remain as a celebration and reminder of a time not so long ago when the main way to travel was by sled. Archeological evidence suggests ...

9. 1925 serum run to Nome - Wikipedia

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   Map of the historical and current Iditarod trails; the route taken during the 1925 serum run is shown in green.. The 1925 serum run to Nome, also known as the Great Race of Mercy and The Serum Run, was a transport of diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled relay across the US territory of Alaska by 20 mushers and about 150 sled dogs across 674 miles (1,085 km) in 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 days, saving the small ...