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Iditarod Trail Research Paper

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how long does the Iditarod trail sled dog race take to finish? where does it go? what's with all those dogs? these are all questions you might have about the Iditarod.

in 1920 there was an epidemic in Nome Alaska. they did not have the medicine to cure it so they needed some help the closest place was Anchorage Alaska. that is where they had to get medicine from. but apparently, there were only two planes in the whole state and none worked in winter. so they had to result to dog sleds but it wasn't one big trip they took relays. every one hundred miles they would give the medicine to the other dog sled. that is the reason on how the Iditarod trail came to be. today they do not take the same route.

Nowadays the trail is over 1000 miles for

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