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=Your team is #21. Your musher is Sue Allen.=

=ASSIGNMENT #1: HISTORY OF THE IDITAROD=

Bling bling boy #21

[|Sled Dogs: An Alaskan Epic Home] [|Sledding Into the Wilderness] | [|Making of a Sled Dog] | **Balto** | [|Dogsledding 101] | [|Resources] In 1925, a life-or-death race to rescue the children of Nome, AK, from disease made an international hero of one sled dog -- and eventually led to the creation of Alaska's Iditarod sled dog race, the subject of NATURE's SLED DOGS: AN ALASKAN EPIC. In January 1925, doctors realized that 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 a thousand miles away. But the lone aircraft that could quickly deliver the medicine had been dismantled for the winter. In desperation, officials turned to a much lower-tech solution: moving the medicine by sled dog.
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 * In 1925, sled dogs helped stem a diphtheria outbreak. ||  ||

Soon, a musher embarked from Anchorage on the first leg of a remarkable dog-sled relay aimed at delivering the needed serum to Nome. More than 20 mushers took part, battling temperatures that rarely rose above 40 degrees below zero Fahrenheit and winds that sometimes blew strong enough to knock over sleds and dogs. Reporters brought news of the race to a world suddenly transfixed by the drama in the far north.

Incredibly, just six days later, on February 2, 1925, Gunner Kaassen drove his heroic dog team into the streets of Nome. In the lead of his team was a husky named Balto, whose furry face soon became known around the world. A year later, in honor of the epic trek, admirers erected a statue of Balto in New York City's Central Park.
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 * Balto became known around the world. ||  ||

Balto was suddenly a world-famous celebrity; for two years after the serum run, the dog and some of his teammates traversed the continental United States as part of a traveling show. After Balto died in 1933, his body was preserved and displayed at Cleveland's Natural History Museum. In 1995, a popular animated movie about Balto was released, adding to his fame.

Long after his death, Balto's popularity lives on. Today, some Alaskan schoolchildren are campaigning to bring Balto back to his home state. The students want his body moved to the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race museum in Wasilla. But Cleveland officials aren't ready to give Balto back, noting he spent more than half his life in their city. There are plans in the works, however, for Balto to return to Alaska as part of a temporary exhibit at the Anchorage Museum of History and Art -- a testament to the strength of Balto's memory and a fitting memorial to his indomitable spirit.

[[image:http://www.thewayithink.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/iditarod%20map%202.jpg caption="http://www.thewayithink.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/iditarod%20map%202.jpg"] assignment #2 cold feels like you can't feel your body.when it's cold you get sick.= Balto= = =There were 20 dogs’ teams and it took them 6 days. 674 miles to get to Nenana in 27.5 hours took them 6 days to get to Nenana. Diphtheria causes deadly cough, fever, and lung disease epidemic in children in Nome Alaska 1925. Nenana to Nome by dog sled but the dogs must have ran in the cold and deep snow brr. Today the body of Balto in Cleveland and a statue lives on in New York City.==Your team is #21. Your musher is Sue Allen.= [[image:http://jumpcut.com/media/dyn/c2/cc68/50cf31dc23eff9e2f4827e97ff/thumb120x90.jpg width="120" height="90" caption="jumpcut movie:Video 9" link="http://jumpcut.com/view?id=DFB8CC66D41311DC87D9000423CF382E"]] = = = = =Balto= = = =There were 20 dogs’ teams and it took them 6 days. 674 miles to get to Nenana in 27.5 hours took them 6 days to get to Nenana. Diphtheria causes deadly cough, fever, and lung disease epidemic in children in Nome Alaska 1925. Nenana to Nome by dog sled but the dogs must have ran in the cold and deep snow brr. Today the body of Balto in Cleveland and a statue lives on in New York City.=

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=ASSIGNMENT #2: WEATHER IN ALASKA=

Freezing cold Really cold wind Often you get cold in COLD weather So What If its 50 below zero There is no way your going out there Blizzard a blizzard is going on I said it cold outside There is no way I’m warm Everyday of winter I freeze.

Cold Sometimes hen you are cold you can get frost bit that’s where the blood cells closes to your skin try’s to warm itself. That say that you are getting frostbite on you like hands so the blood from your core won’t send blood to your hand and if you don’t go inside you will so die. Anyways the mean thing is that if you are outside to long you start feeling warm. When you start feeling warm is because your body will try and warm itself and it will mean that you should go and warm up. Possible it feels like you fell off a skateboard or a bike sometimes.

=ASSIGNMENT #3: GEOGRAPHY OF THE IDITAROD=

Kaltag to Unalakleet goes in a southwest direction. In the trail from anchorage to Nome you will need to go northeast from Eagle River to Wasilla ophir to ruby and Unalakleet to koyuk. Your going to be going North. Wasilla is the farthest east Unalakleet to Kaltag Anchorage to Campbell-airstrip If you were lost in the middle of Alaska a compass or map could lead you to help or safety

=ASSIGNMENT #4: DOG SLED TEAMS=

Final Writing assignment 1. What do you like about Alaska? *Snow *Big place *Fires *COCO 2. History of Alaska? *When kids where sick they sent a musher and his dogs out on a quest to get the medicine. 3. Weather in Alaska? *Cold *Frost bite *Snowy 4. Geography of Alaska? *Alaska range *Brooks range 5. Dog sled team and & Mushers? *My musher is Allen Moore <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Curlz MT'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">*Dogs on the trail get left behind sometimes because they might get sick or they might sprain an ankle! SO SAD! 6. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Algerian; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Re-explain why Alaska? <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Curlz MT'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">*Snow <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Curlz MT'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">*Big place <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Curlz MT'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">*Fires <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Curlz MT'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">*COCO! <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Curlz MT'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Curlz MT'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Curlz MT'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 20pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Brush Script MT'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">BY: Taryn