Toad Haven Homeschool

The Alaskan Iditarod 2006

The Last Great Race

http://www.iditarod.com/ - The Official Site of the Iditarod

http://surfaquarium.com/eIditarod/ - The Online Iditarod Project we did

We saw "Eight Below" a Disney movie about sled dogs	working on our Alaskan map	finished Alaskan map	finished legend	Emily's finished sled
Ethan's finished sled	Emily's first igloo attempt	Ethan's first igloo attempt	Ethan's square igloo	Emily's square igloo
ready to start running	run dogs run	beautiful trail	camoing out on the trail	run dogs run
sled tipping over	dogs sleeping during rest breaks	frozen bearded bog	dropped dogs flying back to Anchorage	Jeff King's frozen mustache

The mushers we chose for the 2006 race:

• Ethan chose Mitch Seavey (2004 Iditarod winner) UPDATE came in 9th this year 2006

• Emily chose Deedee Jonrowe (2nd place Iditarod winner in '93, '96 & '98) UPDATE came in 4th this year 2006

• I chose Rachel Scdoris (she's blind) UPDATE came in 57th this year 2006

• I also chose Paul Gebhardt (one year lead dog was killed by an angry moose) UPDATE came in 3rd this year 2006

UPDATE Jeff King won in 9 days 11 hours 11 minutes 36 seconds - 1049 miles!!!

Books, Movies & Websites (Resources)

• The Iditarod official site

• The Internet Iditarod Project - this is a lot of fun

• Iditarod & Alaska Unit website

• Alaska: Spirit of the Wild IMAX DVD has a part about the Iditarod at the end

• Iron Will DVD

• Eight Below DVD

• Snowdogs DVD

• Togo by Robert Blake (very good)

• The Great Serum Race: Blazing the Iditarod Trail by Debbie S Miller (very good)

• Akiak: A Tale From The Iditarod by Robert Blake

• Dogs of the Iditarod by Jeff Schultz

• Foxy's Tale by Edward White

• Sled Dogs Run by Jonathan London

• Mush: Across Alaska in the World's Longest Sled-Dog Race by Patricia Seibert

• Iditarod Dreams: Dusty and His Sled Dogs Compete in Alaska's Jr. Iditarod by Ted Wood

• Storm Run: The Story of the First Woman to Win the Iditarod Sled Dog Race by Libby Riddles

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