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Dogsled Racing
Dog Sled racing and Trail Sled racing are the same type of races. Here you will find information on dog drivers/mushers, types of dogs, and where and when, including the most famous of all sled dog races: the Iditarod.
600 Questions
How many dogs does Kris Hoffman have for the iditarod race?
Kris Hoffman actually has 16 dogs total for the Iditarod race of 2011. All mushers start with 16 dogs
Who will receive the red lantern in the Iditarod?
The person who finishes the Iditarod in last place is awarded the title "Red Lantern".
Why cant mushers in the iditarod have the bib number 1?
Bib number 1 is the honorary musher. Each year, the Iditarod honors someone as a special thank you to the person for doing something for the race.
What kinds of dogs are good breeds for dog sled racing and why?
probaly huskies because they like the snow and some times are bred to sled race.
Why do we need tools and weapons?
We really do not need tools, but it makes certain tasks easier. We also do not need weapons. Weapons are meant to kill and if you are a vegetarian you do not have to kill in order to survive.
Did a Red Lantern winner ever return to win the Iditarod?
yes a guy did win the iditarod even though he was a red lantern winner.
A dog sled idiom is a sled that men go on to get pulled by huskies
Which has more friction sledding in soft snow or sledding in hard snow?
soft snow because it releases more water when heated
What was the top record seller of all time?
Bing Crosby held the record as the top record seller for a number of years. It is difficult to assess given the limited amount of statistics from other countries to calculate definitely the highest record seller of all time. However there are two artists believed to have crossed the 1 billion mark, which would be Elvis Presley and The Beatles. Other high sellers with record sales around about 500 million include Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, ABBA, AC/DC. Bing Crosby too holds a high position, but unlike his competitors he has been largely forgotten after his death in 1977.
The lead dog was Balto.
What kind of dog sled dog is white and has a curly tail?
A Samoyed it has a long curly tail, is white and mostly used to pull dog sleds.
In the Iditarod what is the largest dogs to pull in the Iditarod?
the bigest and the strongest dogs are hoock in the very back.
Mechanical Energy (:
What type of energy does a sled have as it slides down a hill?
While a sled slides down a hill, it has kinetic energy(Ek = 1/2mv2).
At the top of the slope, while not moving, it would have possessed gravitational potential energy. As it moves down the slope, however, some energy is converted to heat and sound in accordance with the Law of the Conservation of Energy which states that matter cannot be created or destroyed but is converted from one form to another.
In the early 1920's, settlers had come to Alaska following a gold strike. They traveled by boat to the coastal towns of Seward and Knik and from there, by land into the gold fields. The trail they used is today known as The Iditarod Trail, one of the National Historic Trails as so designated by the Congress of the United States. In the winter, their only means of travel was by dog team. The Iditarod Trail soon became the major "thoroughfare" through Alaska. Mail was carried across this trail, people used the trail to get from place to place and supplies were transported via the Iditarod Trail. Priests, ministers and judges traveled between villages via dog team. All too soon the gold mining began to slack off. People began to go back to where they had come from and suddenly there was less travel on the Iditarod Trail. The use of the airplane in the late 1920's signaled the beginning of the end for the dog team as a standard mode of transportation, and of course with the airplane carrying the mail, there was less need for land travel. The final blow to the use of the dog team came with the appearance of snowmobiles in Alaska. * http://www.iditarod.com/learn/history.html
What are differences in miles between the Iditarod and the Jr.Iditarod?
they do not have the same number of miles
