Team+Slirtola

=Your team is #17. Your musher is Heather Slirtola.=

=ASSIGNMENT #1: HISTORY OF THE IDITAROD=

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Sarah J. Balto There were over twenty dog teams and they only had six days it was very cold. He had to go from anchorage to Nenana by rail. Nenana to Nome they had to go 674 miles in seven hours five days to rescue sick children. His statue is in New York City. His body is in Cleveland. He was born in 1919 and passed away in 1933. The cleverest thing I ever thought Balto did was he saved sick children in 1925. Sarah J

===I think the Iditarod would be hard because it would be too hard or to freezing for the dogsleds. Unless if it was warm enough the dogsleds could brake the ice. I think that if there was no dog food for the dogs they would starve and they wouldn’t be able to participate in any races. That is why they made sure that they were fed for the snowy mountains and deep snow to travel though.===

Iditarod timeline

1973- First race to Nome 1969-Iditarod races 1925-Serum run (nenana to Nome) 674 miles 1900-1940 Mail hauled by dog sled 1946-The fur Render vow world championship sled dog race 25 miles 1946-The open North American sled dog race 1972-Sled racing Alaska’s sport

Sarah J

peanut butter & jelly: assignment # 1

In January 1925 a potentially deadly diphtheria epidemic was poised to sweep through Nome's young people.the only serum that could stop the outbreak was in Anchorage ( nearly 1 thousand miles away) and the only aircraft that could deliver the medicine had been dismantled for the winter. More than 20 mushers took part on a remarkable dog-sled relay aimed for delivering the needed surim to Nome.

Balto

Balto was the lead dog of Gunner Kaassen's winning dog sled team that deliverd the needed surim to Nome.After balto died in 1933 his body was preserved and displayed at Clevland's natural history museum and an animated movie was released in 1995 adding to his fame.

=ASSIGNMENT #2: WEATHER IN ALASKA=

Cold

I think Cold means frozen, hoar cold; there are many definitions for cold. I also think that if we all found ourselves cold we would all find the correct definitions For it. Cold can give you a bladder infectoin or a really bad frostbite. Sarah J

Assignment #2

F reezing R osie O utdoors S nowy T hemes B itten I nside T ime everyday Sarah J

Doug swingly Doug swingly pulled out of the 2004 race because of frost bite in his eyes. The frostbite in the narrowing of his blood vessels near his skin. Swingly had also won four Iditarod races before he got frostbite; But his body wanted to stay at normal body temperature. Sarah J

peanut butter & jelly assignment 2:

Part 1: Cold is....

Cold is when you can't feel you fingers and toes and when the wind chill is -40. Cold is when the wind is wipping against your face so hard that you can't breath. And finally cold is a Saskatchewan winter.

Part 2: Weather In Alaska

Right now the weather in Alaska is -2, it's cloudy, and the winds are calm. Tomorrow the weather in Alaska will be -3 and mostly cloudy.

Part 3: FROSTBITE

Cold Pain Winter Outside Freezing

=ASSIGNMENT #3: GEOGRAPHY OF THE IDITAROD=

peanut butter & jelly assignment #3

1. Northwest 2. Ophir to Ruby and Anchorage to Eagle 3. Northeast 4. Wasilla 5. Unalakleet and Kaltag 6. Takotna McGrath 7. A compass and a map could save a life in th Alaskan wilderness by helping you find your way so that your not stranded in the cold weather.

** The Assignment ** 1. From Kantar to unalakleet you would travel in a south westerly direction. 2. From ophir to ruby, Nulato to ruby 3. You would be in a southeast direction 4. The farthest east would be Wasilla 5. Kaltag and Ophir are the farthest apart 6. eagle river and knit are the closest together 7. It tells you the direction you need to go, and a map shows you were to go if you are lost.
 * 1) What direction is Nome from Anchorage "as the crow flies?" ("As the crow flies" is an expression that means in a straight line from point to point)# The journey from Takotna to Cripple will take you through what checkpoint?
 * 2) The journey from Kaltag to Unalakleet will take you in which direction? From Kaltag to unalakleet you would travel in a south westerly direction
 * 3) Although the journey from Anchorage to Nome is mostly northwest, there are some parts of the trail that will take a musher northeast. Between which checkpoints on the trail will the musher’s head northeast?
 * 4) As you check in at Skwenta, Mt. McKinley is about 50 miles due north of where you are. You then travel the 45 miles to Finger Lake. As you check in at Finger Lake, Mt. McKinley will be in which direction?
 * 5) According to the map, which checkpoint is farthest east?
 * 6) Which consecutive checkpoints appear to be the farthest from each other?
 * 7) Which consecutive checkpoints appear to be closest to each other?
 * 8) Something to think about: How could a compass and a map save a life in the Alaskan wilderness?

Sarah J Friday’s writing assignment When I grow up I would like to be a doctor because you learn to help a bunch of sick children and you learn how to bandage up an arm and other parts there bodies. Also people and children would look up to me as a role model. Like they would all the other people they look at in this world including on T.V. Sarah J

=ASSIGNMENT #4: DOG SLED TEAMS=

peanut butter & jelly assignment #4

Heather siirtola

Heather is 30 years lod and grew up in North Dakota and later moved to steamboat,Colarodo ........... to

be continued. I can talk to animals

Dog: oh, hi nice to meet you and what would your name be Me: ohm Dog: come on I don’t have all day to listen you know Me: my name is Sarah Dog: it seems that you do not like to talk to much am I correct’ oh sorry I guess you are wondering what my name is my name is spots Me: ahhh and you are a dog…..that can talk Dog: yup why are you scared……. Of me a little puppy Me: no… oh and I love to talk I just don’t show it much oh and it is non of your business that I can or can’t talk so you just go you sepret ways and I’ll go my sepret ways got it ok then go

Later on

Me: that was the freakiest thing I ever experienced in my life {dog shows up} Dog: what was me talking Me: were did you come from Dog: oh I dug a hole other than that I came from my mom Me: you know what I mean why are you here and why are you following me you are really starting to freak me out dude Dog: DUDE!!!!!! Listen no need to be rude now I just want to know can you really understand me Me: well no duh what can you talk to everyone around these parts of town Dog: nope and I don’t even wish that I could Me: ok then you are going to become my new best friend ever and we will eat play on the playground together and even talk during boring moments and go on walks…. Dog: bow-wow are you really sure about all of this I mean I Love all of this but can you really handle me I can be rough sometimes Me: so!! Dog: ok then if really think you are really ready Me: YES!!!!!!! Oh and you sound like my mom SarahJ