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2. Iditarod Trail - Wikipedia

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   Serum from Anchorage was rushed by train to Nenana and picked up by a sled dog relay. Twenty of Alaska's best mushers and their teams carried the serum 674 miles (1,085 km) from Nenana to Nome in just over 127 hours. [3] This was to be one of the final great feats by sled dogs.

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. [6] 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. 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 ...

5. Mush! Sled dogs carry on long Alaskan tradition at Denali ...

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   For much of the year, when there is snow on the ground, Denali's sled dogs help rangers access 2 million acres of federally designated wilderness in the heart of Denali, where only hiking, skiing ...

6. 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 ...

7. Dog-sled teams set off on Alaska's 1,000-mile Iditarod race - AOL

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   In its 44th year, the race commemorates a 1925 rescue mission that delivered diphtheria serum by sled-dog relay to the western coastal community of Nome. Dog-sled teams set off on Alaska's 1,000 ...