Blair Braverman, the second Jewish woman to complete the
Iditarod, joined us at our Chicago live show with her dog, Flame, to tell us about how a Jewish girl from California becomes a dog-sledding phenom.
Synopsis: "
Iditarod: The Great Race to Nome" is the definitive story of the
Iditarod, the Alaskan dogsled race that has been run for over a century--told in a series of brisk inviting stories by Bill Sherwont and fully illustrated with color photographs by Jeff Schultz that includes updated information through the 2018 race.
The
Iditarod, or as Zirkle refers to it, the 'Super Bowl of dogsled racing,' kicks off every year on the first Saturday of March.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Far from competitors tackling the frozen wilderness in Alaska's
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, a dozen people are holed up inside an Anchorage hotel behind banks of computers, tracking the punishing route and connecting with global fans seeking a real-time link to the off-the-grid sport.
Alaska is home to the
Iditarod: the Last Great Race.
It was his love of dogs that prompted him to become an
Iditarod handler, helping out mushers at their kennels.
Jeff's new dream is to complete the Alaskan
Iditarod. Now his teammates are sled dogs.
At Denali, we met
Iditarod sled race veteran Jeff King, a local legend and winner of the gruelling event dubbed "the last great race on Earth".
This event, which has been going on since 1973, is called the
Iditarod.
I'd like to shout out to all the girls who have and are competing in the
Iditarod! The dog-sled race
Iditarod covers 1,000 miles in Alaska from Anchorage to Nome.