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Iditarod
The Iditarod is an annual sled dog team race across Alaska. It is the most famous of all sled dog races.
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What is it called when government is run by the people?
Democracy as we know it IS "a government that is run by each and every persons own vote". The problem with Democracy is that it is tyranny of the majority over the minority. The U.S. Government was set up as a Constitutional Republic, NOT a Democracy, so that even the minority has a voice, and so the Majority doesn't rule over the Minority. - Pat Riot
Who is the only player to win a batting title in three different decades?
Hall of Famer George Brett of the Kansas City Royals won the American League batting title in 1976, 1980, and 1990. He's the only player in baseball history to win the batting title in three differnt decades.
When does the Iditarod start every year?
In 1973
Actually the first race to Nome was held that year,the first actuall race was in 1967 and i ran across this Q trying to find where it started and ended,all I know is that it was shorter than the present day race.
What is the object or the Iditarod race today?
The object is to have the best time in the race. This race is historical. It shows how man and dog can survive the harsh conditions in Alaska.
Do the horizantal lines on a girl's neck mean she's healthy and why does this occur?
The horizontal lines on a girl's neck are normal.
How is the official finish of the Iditarod determined?
If you mean the official WINNER: The winner is the team whose lead dog's nose crosses the line first. (This is only true if the musher is carrying all their required equipment in the sled.)
If you mean when is the race officially OVER, it's over when the "Widow's Lamp" is turned off. The Widow's Lamp is lit and hung on the Burled Arches (which stand above the finish line in Nome) when the race begins. That lamp remains lit as long as there are mushers on the trail. This goes back to an old tradition of leaving a lamp lit at way-posts along the old dog-mushing thoroughfares. Word would be sent ahead that a team was travelling, and the next way-post would light the lantern and keep it lit as long as there were dogs and mushers out on the trail. This was in part to help the incoming musher find his way - but it was also to remind everyone that there were dogs and mushers out there, driving through the snow and cold and dark, and that everyone should keep a watch until they were safe. The Widow's Lamp remained lit until the team made it in to the way-post, and the Iditarod keeps this tradition, leaving the lamp burning until the very last musher makes it to Nome. The Widow's Lamp isn't turned off - and the race isn't over - until the last musher is safe into Nome.
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How much is the value of the Crocker Citizens National Bank 100th Anniversary medallion
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there is an iditarod to honor the serum run in Alaska in the early 19 hundreds. several children were dying from dipitheria in nome, Alaska and they had to get medicine there before it spread and killed everyone. they stationed dogsled teams at "checkpoints" and made it a relay, which in the 19 seventies they made a 1,147 mile long race that had to be completed by one team itself, instead of a relay. the dogs are taken care of properly. this year (2009) Lance Mackey (now 3 time winner) came in first on around march 15. theck out the website, www.iditarod.com. i only know this because my best friend is a real fanatic about it, and I'm the only one willing to sit there and listen to it.
Do they win a trophy in the Iditarod?
in the Jr. Iditarod Race there is a trophy so i guess there is one.
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Where did the musher Michelle Phillips go to college?
There is not much evidence that she attended college. Most of the reports about her life stress her love of athletics (she was a competitive figure skater as a young adult) and her love of dogs. She was raised in the Yukon Territory in Canada, and she and her husband and son run a wilderness tour company there when she is not participating in dog racing.
