urrent race of nearly 1,100 miles. The racecourse partially follows the old Iditarod Trail dogsled mail route blazed from Knik to Nome in 1910. (The Iditarod also commemorates an emergency mission to get medical supplies to Nome during a 1925 diphtheria epidemic.) Competitors cross two mountain ranges (t

ate: Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:24:15 +0000 "This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble." - Ludwig van Beethoven The Iditarod is an annual dogsled race held in March between Anchorage and Nome, Alaska. It started as a short race of 56 miles in 1967 and in 1973 became the cu