IDITA-Links: The WARM and COZY WAY to EXPERIENCE the
IDITAROD Trail Sled Dog Race
Mushers
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The list of all the mushers signed up for this year's Iditarod:
http://www.iditarod.com/race/musherlisting.html
Dogs
Mush with Pride
http://www.mushwithpride.org/
Scholastic.com teaching web pages about Iditarod:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/iditarod/dogs_life/index.asp?article=dogs_life
Checkpoints
Anchorage
http://www.anchorage.net/
Wasilla:
http://www.cityofwasilla.com/
Willow:
Skwentna:
http://www.commerce.state.ak.us/dca/commdb/CIS.cfm?Comm_Boro_Name=Skwentna
Rainy Pass
http://www.rainypasslodge.com/
Rohn:
Nikolai:
http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=261906
McGrath:
http://www.citytowninfo.com/places/alaska/mcgrath
Takotna:
http://explorenorth.com/library/communities/alaska/bl-Takotna.htm
Ophir:
http://www.answers.com/topic/ophir-alaska
Cripple:
Iditarod:
Ruby:
http://explorenorth.com/library/communities/alaska/bl-Ruby.htm
Galena:
Nulato:
http://www.uaf.edu/iac/YK/Nulato.html
Kaltag:
http://www.uaf.edu/iac/YK/Kaltag.html
Unalakleet:
http://www.alaskool.org/native_ed/lifestyle/unalakleet/unalakleet.html
Shaktoolik:
http://www.ilovealaska.com/alaska/cities.cfm?cityid=295
Koyuk :
White Mountain:
Safety:
Nome:
http://www.nomealaska.org/
Weather
National Weather Service, Alaska:
http://www.arh.noaa.gov/
Weather Underground, Alaska:
http://www.wunderground.com/US/AK/
Federal Aviation Administration, Alaska Web Cameras:
http://akweathercams.faa.gov/
Podcasts:
Iditarod 2007 Audio Reports:
http://mushing.fromalaska.org/iditarodreports/
Sled Dog Podcasts:
http://www.sleddogpodcast.com/
Winter Survival:
An Article on Winter Survival Skills:
http://www.consciouschoice.com/2002/cc1501/wintersurvival1501.html
AK DNR Info On Winter Cold and Safety:
http://www.dnr.state.ak.us/parks/safety/wintcold.htm
Literature:
An Iditarod Bibliography:
http://www.iditarod.com/teachers/iditarodbooks.html
Art/Photos:
A Primer On Alaska Native Art:
http://sockeyesal.tripod.com/index.html
Jon Van Zyle, Official Artist of the Iditarod:
http://www.jonvanzyle.com/
Alaska's Digital Archives - historical photographs:
http://vilda.alaska.edu/index.php
Alaska Stock Images:
http://www.alaskastock.com/Index.asp
Lesson Plans & Thematic Units:
Iditarod Webquest:
http://fp.seattleschools.org/fpclass/web3/index.htm
Iditaproject:
http://mushing.bssd.org/
Teacher's Corner - Alaska Unit:
http://www.theteacherscorner.net/seasonal/winter/iditarod.htm/a>
Iditarod Thematic Unit:
http://wiki.bssd.org/index.php/Textbook:Iditarod_Thematic_Unit
Education World - Lesson Planning Article:
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson103.shtml
Other Dog Races:
The All Alaska Sweepstakes:
http://allalaskasweepstakes.org/RaceInformation.html
The Kuskokwim 30:
http://www.k300.org/
The Kobuk 440:
The Yukon Quest:
http://www.yukonquest.com/