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=Your team is #12. Your musher is Gerald Sousa.=

=ASSIGNMENT #1: HISTORY OF THE IDITAROD=

BALTO Julia __Assignment #1__  In January 1925, doctors realized that a deadly diphtheria epidemic was sure to sweep through, and strike Nome’s young people. Making children sick, soon they broke out in deathly coughs & fevers. Their only hope was balto to bring back the medicine. Soon this all led too the serum race 1973. The race balto took fame for. There are 20team’s, 6day’s, 674 miles to go & 27.5 hrs. The trail to They get on the train at Anchorage, and then they get off at Nome by dogsled. The statue of balto is in N.Y.C. to carry on his fame. His body is in Cleveland, which people in Alaska are protesting For baltos body to be shipped back to Nome considering that he Lived in Nome.

time line 1900/1940-mail hauled by dogsled

1925-serum run (Nenana to Nome) 674 miles

1946- the fur rendezvous .world championship sled days. d dog race 25 miles for several

1946-the open North American sled dog race.

1967-2 short races.

1969-Iditarod races.

1972-sled racing became the official sport of Alaska

1973-first race to nome

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Balto! darf Asssignment # 1

In 1925 Balto raced to save the lifes of children from Nome from a disease.The disease was called Diphtheria.Balto is the reason for the Iditarod race today.The only medicine was in Anchorage almost a thousand miles awayn and the only plane they had was busted and broken so there was only sled dogs left. 20 musher took part in the race and 53 miles later they got the medincine to Nome. The mushers sold the dogs and a guy bought them back for $2,000 dollars. Balto and his team traveled the United States of America for 2 years.Balto died in 1933 March 14 at the age of 11.His body was put in a museum and is now on display.Then a movie was realeased about Balto's story in 1995.He is still famous today. Imformation provvided by: http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/sleddogs/balto.html >

=ASSIGNMENT #2: WEATHER IN ALASKA=

darf Assignment # 2 The cold.The cold is when you go outside when it's minus 45 and you go to walk to school,and it's so cold that your ears burn and then you get a tingly feeling in your ears.After the tingle is gone you feel nothing at all because your frozen but you feel warm.When that happens(your freezing but you feel warm)you can get frost bite and when you get frost bite your skin turns blacks and sometimes you have to get an arm or leg amputated.The cold can be very fun if you dress up the right way...you can have snow ball fights,build snowman,and go sleding.

Frostbite. Toes falling off. Vampires (Because of the bite). Ice. Frosty the snowman. Mittens. These are my five things that remind me of frostbite.

The weather in Alaska is a lot nicer there then it is in Regina.In regina it's minus 22 and in Alaska it's minus 2 but with the wind chill minus 12! The safety for the mushers is it could get to cold and they could freeze and possibly get frostbite.The health is they can't have very healthy food when there on the go and so and which could lead to heart attacks and so on.Because the fact that it's so nice there is the ice could possibly melt and they could go boom through the ice.

darf Asssignment # 3 1.Southwest 2.Anchorage-eagle river 3.Northwest 4.Wasille 5.Kaltag-unalakleet 6.McGarth-Takotona

If or when you get lost in the wilderness of the cold or heat you can use a compass or map to find your back to saftey. __ Their outside for 6days its 40 below and their in the middle of no where. __ __ The dogs are hungry and tired. The musher has to make sure too bring along enough food and water to survive in the cold. It’s snowing outside __ __ And they can’t see its completely white hopefully they make it!!!! __ by; julia

**Sometimes when you get frostbite your body parts sometimes turn black and you and up having to get them amputated. Sometimes when the weather is cold and is gets hot really quick that usually means fog or hail it kind of gets annoying with the cold weather everyday, you can’t even go tobogganing cause its so cold I wish it would just go away
 * __Coldness__**
 * Freezing**
 * Rosy cheeks**
 * Outside**
 * Snowstorm**
 * Temperature**
 * Bitter cold**
 * Iciness**
 * Throbbing**
 * Extra frost**
 * What is cold? **
 * Julia’s #2 **

Monday, Febuary 11, 2008

What is cold? By Dude

Cold is blizzarding and we can see nothing but white out. We get frostbite and your vehicle doesn't start. When we step out of the doorway, our bodies will get cold and colder each time you can see the windows starting to get fogged up in your car. We don't see anybody walking around, because everybody is staying warm inside their houses rather than being outside in the cold.

Cold is something that makes me chilled and we can see your breath in the air. Cold is the worst thing we can feel and if I could I would stay in my house and drink hot chocolate.** Doug Swingley

Doug swingley won the Iditarod race 4 times 1995,1999,2000,2001. But by the time of 2004 he had to drop out of the race because of an injury that would never let him race again. He froze his eyes do to frostbite. When frostbite strikes you, your body attempts To stay warm. Frostbite is the narrowing of blood vessels close to the skin, and frostbite Usually means removal of body parts. What I learned from his experience is to dress warm and where goggles when out in the cold for long periods of time. Julia Health and safety concerns julia Dogs: musher: 3. food 3. warm clothing
 * 1) foot protection 1. food
 * 2) water 2. water

=ASSIGNMENT #3: GEOGRAPHY OF THE RACE=
 * 1) it is north west
 * 2) the journey from Kaltag to Unalakleet will take you in the direction/ south west
 * 3) anchorage to eagle river/ophir to cripple
 * 4) you would travel north
 * 5) Wasilla
 * 6) cripple to unalakleet
 * 7) Wasilla to ophir
 * 8) In a case like that it would be helpful too have a compass or a map, because it would tell you which direction to go but a map it kind a would get a little confusing.

=ASSIGNMENT #4: DOG SLED TEAMS=

Darf Assignment # 4 Gerald Sousa Age 49 Talkeentna,AK,USA Was born in the beatiful California where he lived until he was 12..With his hid family he moved to Alaska in 1971,and is still there.He graduated from Sistuna valley high school.He began mushing in 2000.He became interested in mushing by listening to the radio.He owns Talkenntna fishing guides.He has a wife,Kathleen and a son,Nicolas.Gerald's hobbies are huntung and flying. __ Hardship’s __