Sentences with phrase «racing musher»
«The bloodlines of my dogs date back 100 years,» says Lance Mackey, Larry's owner and legendary racing musher, the only person to win the long - distance Iditarod and the Yukon Quest in the same year with the same dog team.
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Jim's ethically run dog sledding teams have been winning dog sledding races in Quebec's Sled Dog Club competitions recently, and he's spreading the word to other sled dog owners and mushers about coconut oil.
Dallas Seavey made history Tuesday night when he won the 2012 Iditarod Sled Dog Race, becoming the youngest musher ever to do so, at just 25 - years - old.
But the race is far from over — While the official times show Seavey leaving well before Zirkle, it doesn't show that he stopped just 20 minutes outside of town to rest his team there, out of sight from the other mushers.
A Challenge to Canine Health The rigors of the Iditarod sled dog race, in which a musher and a team of 12 to 16 dogs cover some 1,150 miles in 16 days, takes its toll on the health of its athletes.
Mushers must carry sick or injured dogs to the next checkpoint for treatment and continue the race without that canine.
Mushers ran the dogs in mock, 100 - mile races for four to five days in a row.
Jim's ethically run dog sledding teams have been winning dog sledding races in Quebec's Sled Dog Club competitions recently, and he's spreading the word to other sled dog owners and mushers about coconut oil.
Junior Iditarod Math skills: addition, subtraction, multiplication, telling time The Junior Iditarod is a sled dog race for mushers under the age of 18.
Calorie Calculations Math skills: subtraction, multiplication, division Dogs and mushers consume a lot of food as they race along the Iditarod trail.
Iditarod Training Math skills: multiplication, division Mushers train all year for the big race each March.
Iditarod Fractions Math skills: subtraction, division, fractions Iditarod mushers must ration food during the race and they must mix foods in particular quantities.
Another angle that ties into strategy is the number of dogs each musher uses at each stage of the race.
Meet the Mushers Each student writes about a musher participating in this year's Iditarod and keeps a journal of his or her progress throughout the race.
The Iditarod race crosses 1,049 miles of Alaska, so the mushers and their dogs travel through varied terrain.
In the lesson students have been selected to travel across Alaska in the «Amazing Iditarod Race» as math mushers.
DULUTH, Minn. — In an effort to attract more mushers and infuse new energy into their event, organizers of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon have agreed to shorten the iconic winter race that skirts the North Shore and evokes a historic mail route.
It gives students the opportunity to experience the race through the lens of a rookie musher which will keep them guessing what Paulsen will do next!
Dropped dogs are flown to Nome where the musher can pick them up after the race.
Siberians caught the eye of the public when they began winning sled races in the early 1900s, but they made headlines in 1925 when a legendary musher Leonhard Seppala led a relay of Siberian Huskies 658 miles in only five and half days to rush a lifesaving serum to Nome, Alaska, where an epidemic of diphtheria had broken out.
This year, musher Jeremy Gebauer's five - year - old dog, Rodman, died after running 650 miles in the race.
Prior to the sled dog race season, the kennels are open for tours, various events, and the mushers and their dogs often make public appearances to share their experiences with others.
Alaskan musher Lance Mackey has won the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and set an Iditarod record for most consecutive wins.
Ted English is the oldest musher in the race at 65; Cali King and Tyrel Seavey, both offspring of veteran mushers, are the youngest at age 18.
The ceremonial start of the race is in Anchorage; mushers and teams travel to Wasilla or Willow the first day and hit the trail in earnest on March 7.
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Inside the heated Monee Reservoir Visitor Center, the «Great Race to Nome» will be illustrated with activities and an exhibit about great mushers throughout history.
Although relatively infrequent in the UK there are occasional races on actual snow and mushers come from far and wide to participate making it a great day out for Husky owners watching their breed do what they do best.
This Great Race spans from Anchorage to Nome as the musher and her team of 12 to 16 dogs cover over 1,150 miles of rough and beautiful terrain in only 10 to 17 days.
Mushers will often race their dogs at night, when it's coldest.
Those who want to catch the end of the race in Nome can fly from within Alaska or out - of - state to catch the mushers coming into the finish line, typically eight days and several hours from the start of the race and up to 10 days after, though accommodations are limited, and should also be booked well in advance.