Team+Jones

= = = =
 * 1) =Your race number is #1. Your musher is G.B. Jones.=

=**ASSIGNMENT #1: HISTORY OF THE RACE**=

Fluffyman2.0: and mac_10 Assignment #1

Balto was a german huskey dog he was 7 years old when he died and he was known by people all over the world and the people in alaska build a statue to honour and they wanted his body from Clevelands Natural History Museum so alaska can remember Balto for ever.Their is a big statue of Balto in New York city central park.People used dog sleds for bring medicine and other stuff to places they needed to go they also used dog sleds for transpertation when they was alor of snow and when their was no way to use cars or trucks.



Tanner's Assignment #1

media type="custom" key="481447" Balto/Iditarod

In the year of 1925 a strange epidemic spread through children in the small town of Nome, Alaska. This epidemic is known as diphtheria, an illness only found in children. Symptoms include a wicked cough, very high fever, and probably an aching body. There was a telegram put from Nome to Anchorage that said Nome had run out of the serum and needed a shipment of it immediately. Anchorage tried to send the serum by ship, but the sea froze, stopping the large boat. They then tried shipping by airplane, but the storm stopped the plane from moving. They then finally shipped it as far as they could to Nenana by train. Alas, the people in Nome decided to find 20 dog sled teams to travel from Nome to Nenana to fetch the serum. They used a relay system. One of the many dogs, Balto ran the final leg of the relay. The temperatures were usually -53. It took them five days and seven hours. After the serum was delivered a statue of Balto was erected in central park, New York City. Three of the many words on the statue are Endurance-Fidelity-Intelligence. Balto had rescued his team from a river and traveled twice as fa because they missed the last checkpoint. These are the events that led up to the national Iditarod race that takes part in Alaska, starting in Anchorage, then to Nenana, then ending in Nome.

Iditarod Time-Line

Iditarod Time-Line

1880-The Alaskan Gold Rush Begins. People begin to use dogsleds to deliver mail and freight.

1924-Ben Eielsen flies mail from Fairbanks to McGrath, Alaska.

1925-Diptheiria breaks out in Nome. Dog sled teams carry serum to save town.

1939-1945-Eskimo’s use dog sleds to patrol Alaska wilderness in WWII.

1967-A short stretch of Iditarod trail opens for a dog sled race during the Alaskan Centennial Celebrations.

1969-Second Iditarod race held on short course.

1972-U.S. Army helps locals clear a trail from Anchorage to Nome.

1973-First full-length Iditarod race won by Dick Wilmarth in 20 days.

1975-Emmitt Peters wins in 14 days 14 hours, and 43 minutes-A new record.

The Iditarod Dangers

The Iditarod Dangers I was told to list 4 dangers or drawbacks that come with the Iditarod race. One being the freezing coldness, usual temperatures dropping to -53 degrees. Another being the wild animals that could be on the trail, bears and wolves could attack the teams of dogs. There was also the peaking mountains and treacherous trail that surrounds the race. Back in 1925 the freezing coldness could freeze the serum stopping it’s productiveness to heal the sick children. The coldness is so bad for the Iditarod racers. I know what it’s like to be that cold here it dropped to -50 in are wind-chill. A parka would be very necessary. So let’s just say the weather and trail are very scarce.

Serum Map

media type="custom" key="481485"

=ASSIGNMENT #2: WEATHER IN ALASKA=

Fluffyman2.0 &amp; Mac_10 assignment #2

The musher don`t have anything to worry about its only -2 in Alaska and with the winds its -12 the orher night i was at the rink playing hcokey and i think i should have put on more then a sweater

Cold is the feeling of when you can`t feel the tips of your fingers.Your lips turn blue and you can`t feel your toes.The tips of your ears turn numb.Its when your so cold your face urns red.Its when you have no feeling in your body.


 * F**reezing
 * R**eally cold
 * O**utside
 * S**nowing
 * T**empitures low
 * B**lue lips
 * I**cey cold
 * T**oo cold
 * E**nturnal pain

Tanner Assignment #2 Cold

Cold is the numbing feeling of pain you get when you don’t wear proper clothing for the weather. Cold can sometimes feel very hot, say if you run your hand in warm water after you get frost bite or just a really cold hand. Sometimes it hurts so bad to be cold you wish you had no fingers or toes. I have felt cold. Just the other day we went skiing at the local ski hill and I caught frost bite on my ear….Ouch. Some causes of frost bite can lead to amputation or your skin can turn jet black and hard. But overall the feeling of cold can sometimes suck if you have nowhere to go after you get cold like a house or building.

=__//Freezing//__= =__//Ridiculous pain//__= =__//Ouch//__= =__//Shivers//__= =__//Tingling fingers and toes//__= =__//Black tissue//__= =__//Ice//__= =__//Temperatures drop//__= =__//Endless pain//__=

The Health and Safety Paragraph

I think the mushers won't have it too bad because -13 or -15 isn't that bad. It would just be staying in that weather all day. I walked for about a half-hour in -25 or -30 weather. It was pretty harsh. My face pretty much froze and my toes and fingers froze really bad. I was feeling the tingling in the morning. We went skiing on Friday and it is now sunday and my ear is still tingly to the touch becaue I caught frost bite on it. It just didn't turn black or white....Just red =). One safety tip for a musher would be to wear heavy layers but not too much because then they will become tired easily or sweat. If you sweat while in cold weather you become cold because the liquid freezes on your skin. They should also not rush themselves and keep the dogs well fed on the trip. Dogs can be very fragile and tired in a matter of hours if not fed properly. They should also keep up a healthy diet themselves because on an empty stomach you begin to feel mad or depressed and when mad or depressed your spirit falls and eventualy you lose your will to win or stay warm. Other types of weather could be rain which in the sky can turn into hail. When there's hail the dogs could become irritated or distracted and run off trail. If the weather becomes colder there could be white-out conditions which eradicate all chances of vision in a blizzard, which could be dangerous for the mushers and the dogs.So be careful out there mushers.

=**ASSIGNMENT #3: GEOGRAPHY OF THE RACE**=

ASSIGNMENT 3#

(1) South West (2) Anchorage to Eagle river,p\Ophir to Cripple, Cripple to Ruby. (3) East (4) Wasilla (5)Ophir to Cripple, Cripple to Ruby, Ruby to Galena /Users/student/Desktop/334_IMG_1117.jpg

ASSIGNMENT #3: Fluffyman2.0 &amp; Mac_10

(1) South West (2) Anchorage to Eagle river, Ophir Cripple, Cripple to Ruby (3) East (4) Wasilla (5) Ophir to Cripple, Cripple to Ruby, Ruby to Galena (6) Anchorage to Eagle river, Mcgrath to Tukotan (7) If you know your bairing on a compass then you can put it on a map.

=ASSIGNMENT #4: DOG SLED TEAMS=

ASSIGNMENT #4 Fluffyman2.0 & Mac_10

G.B jones was born is utah.He moved to alaska in 1976 on vacation and he decided to stay their.He likes to drive dogs.He also likes mountain climibing.He has a patch for the iditarod race.He even has a book about himsself and the race..

Assighnment 1-8

I chose number 8 because I already know how to make a comic.media type="custom" key="590355"