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=Your team is #3. Your musher is Wayne Curtis.=

=ASSIGMENT #1: HISTORY OF THE IDITAROD=

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 * Joelie's Introduction**


 * Joelie Assignment #1**


 * Balto**

**Many people love to go to the Iditarod race each year in Alaska, but do they know that there is history behind it? Yes, I’m talking about Balto, the most heroic dog in history, 1925 to be exact. Although, he probably wouldn’t be able to do it without the help of his dog sled teammates… and just for the record – he wasn’t half wolf. When word broke out that there were kids that had diphtheria in Nome, people were devastated. Diphtheria is a lung disease that is usually fatal, and has these symptoms – deadly cough, and high fevers. They needed medication… people needed to deliver the serum. First the people tried a ship, but the ice was too thick. Then they tried a plane… but they couldn’t fly through the deadly storm. Then, they tried the train, which only went to Nenana, making the sled dog teams have to get off there and make their way to Nome. Gunner and his team of heroic sled dogs, with as the lead, bravely endured the storms and cold weather. On the journey there, they switched off and Balto missed his checkpoint, making him run twice as far. Still he managed to have enough strength to rescue his team from falling through the ice of the river. At last, the sled dog teams, along with Kaassen and his team, arrived at Nome, after 5 days and 7 hours of traveling, and a total of 674 miles. In the end, the serum was delivered and kids were saved, but people will never forget of the courage of Balto… and to honor him, there is a statue of Balto in New York City, and his body has been preserved and placed in a museum in Cleveland, but some people in Alaska want his body to stay over there, as that is his home.

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**The Hardships in Alaska** **by Joelie** **For this assignment, I have to write about the many hardships in Alaska. Hardship means something hard and/or dangerous to do.** **One of the biggest hardships that would come to mind if you were traveling in Alaska, with a team of dogs, would probably be the coldness. Mind you, there are also blizzards and storms out there too. Like, you’re riding out there at like 50 degrees or something and you can’t really see a thing… even your hand. That would definitely be hard. In the true story of Balto, his musher, Gunner Kaassen, said while he was traveling, they came across a huge blizzard, and he couldn’t see much of a thing… but he trusted Balto’s instincts and they made it out of the storm. Also, it must’ve been hard having enough food for the dogs to last all of them for like 5 or 6 days. Those huskies ran 674 miles hardly being fed, but they did it anyway. Many more hardships would be things like polar bears, big walruses, and mountains. Imagine being in the middle of nowhere, in a blizzard, trying to climb a mountain. You’re climbing and climbing, things are lookin good, then you hit a rock and fall like 10 feet to the ground. You try to get up, but the big snow bank makes it even harder. One last and final thing would also be in the real life Balto story, where Balto and his team were crossing a river, when the ice cracked and he pulled his team away from the water and rescued them. Woaa.** **The Iditarod Timeline by Joelie** **1900 - 1940 - Mail hauled by dogsled** **1925 - Serum Run (Nenana to Nome) 674 miles** **1946 – The Fur Rendezvous World Championship Sled Dog Race *25 miles / day for several days** **1946 – The Open North American Sled Dog Race** **1967 - \ 2 shorter** **1969 - / Iditarod races** **1972 – Dog Sledding becomes Alaska’s National Sport** **1973 - First Race to Nome**
 * Assignment #3 Joelie**
 * Nome **** is North West of Anchorage. **
 * 1. From Kaltag to Unalakleet you would travel in a south westerly direction. **
 * 2. They would be from Anchorage to Eagle River, from Ophir to Cripple, from Cripple to Ruby, from Unalakleet to Shaktoolik, from Shaktoolik to Koyuk, and from Golovin to White Mountain. **
 * 3. Mt. McKinley will be East from Finger Lake. **
 * 4. Nome would be the farthest checkpoint East. **
 * 5. They are, Ophir to Cripple, Kaltag to Unalakleet, and Cripple to Ruby. **
 * 6. They are Anchorage to Eagle River, McGrath to Takotna, Takotna to Ophir, Elim to Golovin, and Safety to Nome. **
 * 7. They could really save you because what if, you lost your group in a hiking trip, and you were lost in the middle of nowhere, in the cold? If you remember where it is that you were going, you can locate it with the help of a map. If you had no map, you could use a compass to travel North, or South, or where ever your destination is. **

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 * Shannon's Introduction**


 * Shannon's Assignment #1**


 * Balto **


 * In 1925 there was a relay race to get the serum to help the children get better, because there was a lung disease going around and the doctor didn’t have any more serum. There was 20 dog teams in the relay to get to Nenana it took them 5 days to get there. First the serum was on the train then by dog sled Balto was the one to bring the serum back to Nome. The train traveled from Anchorage to Nenana, there were about to ship it but there was ice on the water a plane was going to drop it off but the storm was really bad. This epidemic was in the children of Nome Alaska, it will give them a deadly cough and a high fever this is a really bad lung disease it will swell up there lungs until they can breath. After Balto’s death they stuffed his body and it’s at Cleveland but Nome wants his body, because Blato saved the children. There is a monument of Balto at New York City. It's very sad that they stuffed Balto - they should've buried him because I don't wanna see a stuffed dead dog... it's animal cruelty.

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 * Shannon's Hardships Paragraph**


 * What will it will be to stay out side in the cold like about 40 below and you have to do that for six day and when the dogs run snow will blow in face. I think it will be hard because you have to stay out side to keep care of like over 5 dogs, because you have to get the serum for the children because there is a lung disease. You can get frosts bits on your ear and you will be cold every minute and you have to feed you dogs and make sure they don’t fight over food, I mostly care about the dogs more than me because that’s how I travel to place to place by the dogs . You even mite have to travel day and night and you can’t get rest you will be very tired and you mite fall a sleep and lose control and you can crash. When you get to your distention you have to travel back too and you have to be care full not to brake the serum. So I think it will be hard to that but it will be adventure I will never forget.**


 * Shannon's Iditarod Timeline**


 * 1973 - The first race to Nome**
 * 1967 - 2 short races**
 * 1960 - Iditarod**
 * 1925 - serum run (Nenana to Nome)**
 * 674 miles**
 * 1900 -1940 male haled by dog sled**
 * 1946 -The fur Rendezvous world champion ships for sled dog race**
 * 25 miles/ days for several days**
 * 1946 - The open North American sled dog race**
 * 1973 - dog sled racing Alaska’s spot**



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=**ASSIGNMENT #2: WEATHER IN ALASKA**=


 * Joelie's Frostbite Poem

Fifty below ** **
 * Ridiculously white **
 * Ouch **
 * Shivers **
 * Temperature drops **
 * Black toes & fingers **
 * Icicles on your hair **
 * Tissue Tingles **
 * Endless Pain
 * Doug Swingley Paragraph by Joelie

This topic is about Doug Swingley, one of Iditarod’s biggest champions. Swingley was on a roll, winning the Iditarod race in 1995, 1999, 2000, and 2001, but then something bad happened in the Iditarod race of 2004. He withdrew from the race because he had got frostbite in his eyes. Frostbite is the body’s attempt to stay warm, and is caused by the narrowing of the body’s blood vessels close to the skin’s surface. Many people were shocked. I don’t think he would’ve been able to continue in the Iditarod, because eventually his frozen eyes would’ve caused him blindness. From Doug Swingley’s experience, we can learn to not push yourself over your body’s limit, and to //always// wear goggles when being outdoors for a long period of time. **
 * Health and Safety Concerns by Joelie

My next topic is about the Health and Safety Concerns in the Iditarod Race. You must have to be like really brave to race in the Iditarod, and risk freezing yourself to death. There would be lots of things to worry about. You would have to pack lots of food for you and your dogs, and at the same time focus on winning the race. After feeding your dogs, it’s time to feed yourself. You have to stay in shape to keep yourself from dying, because I don’t think dead people can drive dog sleds. Plus, there’s blizzards, creepy animals, and sometimes thin ice. Some people can even die of Hypothermia. One of things I heard is that when some people get lost in the freezing cold, they may feel a sudden warmness, and then take off their coats and socks to cool off. Don’t do it. It’s just your body trying to make you feel warmer, when actually your skin is freezing and you’re slowly dying. That would be real hard. **

= = Doug Swingey had to pulled out of the race because his eyes had frost bites. He pulled out in 2004 Iditarod race but he won 4 times, he won in 1995,1999,2000 and 2001. He mite of won if he warred his goggles because being out side for extended periods you can be like Swingley and get frost bites. If he kept on racing he would of went blind from the frostbit on his eyes. How did Doug Swingley got frost bites on his eyes? When your out side for a long time and its really cold on you body were the body parts are away from the hart, like you toes or fingers the blood vessels will close to the skin so try and stay warm.**
 * Shannon Assignment 2#**
 * Shannon's paragraphon cold** **Cold is when it feels like there’s ice cubes all over your body and you freeze up. When you get really cold it feels like you're on fire and you want to take your jacket off, then you can freeze to DEATH so that’s why you go don’t out side when it 40 below. You can get frost bite on you ears and it’s really hurts and you can’t control your shivering. People say that it looks pretty when snow fall down really hard but its not it goes in your face and if you have glasses they fog up. I hate it when you have no scarf or hat and there is just wind and snow will hit your face really hard and your face will get numb. My toes gets cold really easy I have to where two pears of soxs and people think I have big and large feet.**
 * Shannon Assignment 2#

**Assingment 2#**
 * In January 1925 doctors realized that a potenially deadly diphtheria epidemic was poisend to sweep through Nomes young people.The only serum that could stop the outbreak was a speical medcine only found on Anchrage,nearly one thousand away.But the lone aircraft that could quickley deliver the medicine had been dismanteld for the winter.In desperation officals turned to a much lower-tech solution moving the medicine by dog sled there for Balto becomes hero.By bringing medicine from Anchorage to Nome.And we honer him by racing.**

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Adrian Assignment # 1 UNIT_666: Assignment #2 Balto deliervird medicine from Anchorage to Nome in a life or death race.There fastest transportain a plane was desabeled for the winter.They relided on a older way of transportain by dog sled.Their for Balto becomes a hero. COLD Minus 30.It feels like your nose is gong to fall off.The air is to thin to breath.You don`t want to school but you know Ms.Brown & Miss.Spencer will miss you so you go to go to school anyway.

FROSTBITE

Cold Hockey Snow Ice fun

Why it`s colder in Saskatchwan than Alaska. Why it`s colder in Saskatchewan then Alasaka it`s around minus 30 almost always it`s around minus 12 is Anchorage that`s around a 18 cilcius differance.Don`t ya think it`s colder in Saskatchwan than Anchorage?

Assingment # 4 THE BIO OF WAYEN CURTIS -Veteren -46 years of age -first year in race 1995 -Born in Indiana -Ford Mustang enthusiast -Member of the SCCN

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Basically the first dog nose over the finish line wins. The 30 rule @ minus 30 winds @ 30 km`s skin will freeze in 30 second`s. What does cold feel like? ** Cold hurts. It hurts all parts of the body. It especially hurts to breathe. Once, when living in the US, I got dressed to go to school. It was about -20F, but I walked to school, anyway. Ice covered the sidewalks; I fell down about 15 times in the 12 block walk to school. When I got to the school building, it was open, but cold. There was no heating and there was no school. I had to turn around and walk back home. When I got home, after falling a few more times, I was numb. Being numb was helpful; I couldn't feel all the bruises from my falls. frozen, ice, snow, sting, amputate
 * Adrian's #2 assignment:
 * FROSTBITE**

Doug Swingley had frostbite in his corneas and had to be flown out for emergency medical attention. That has affected his night vision. I think it was best for him to be out of the race, but if he had worn some eye protection, maybe things would have been different. Even here in Lebanon, when skiing, people wear goggles to protect their eyes.
 * Research, What made Doug Swingley, a musher, withdraw from the 2004 race?**

I still have to list the **health and safety concerns that the mushers and dogs will have to face on the race, and describe what the weather during the race may be like.**

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

Assinment # 3 1.North West 2.Opher 1.South East 2.Crippel and Ruby 3.East 4.Wasilla 5.Unalakleet and Katag 6.Takota and Mcarth 7.A compass could help you find the closest town and the map does the same thing.

1. From Kaltag to Unalakleet you would have to travel in a North West to make it there. 2. Eagle River to Wasilla its kind of North East and there is Unalakleet then you get to Shanktoolik, and the final place is Koyuk, there is like lots of place that Northeast and there is Golovin to White Mtn too. 3. I think its South East……YAM (YAM means yup) it’s South East. =D 4. Its Wasilla is the farthest check point in the East. 5. Nome and Anchorage are far away from each other so I would say that. 6. Well mostly all of them are close together but I would say Eagle River to Anchorage or there is Takontna to McGrath. 7. The compass will show which direction to go and the map will show you which place to go all you need to do is find where you are and which direction you have to take. Sorry I cant explain it hard to do that on the computer. =D
 * Shannon’s assignment 3# **

=ASSIGNMENT #4: DOG SLED TEAMS=


 * Assignment #4**

**This paragraph is about one of Iditarod’s many sled dog team mushers, Wayne Curtis. Wayne Curtis is a 46 year old man, who is originally from Indiana. 15 Years ago, Wayne move to Alaska. In 1981, he married his Wife, Chris, who also loves huskies. They’ve been together for 23 years now. Wayne Curtis says watching the Iditarod on television in the 70’s made him interested in racing, which later on, in 1995, he did. That same year, Wayne broke the Iditarod All-Siberian Husky race record. In 1995 and again in 1999, Wayne also won an award, called the “Award of Merit” from the Siberian Husky Club. He won another award called “Best Sled Dog” in 1995, 1999, and 2004, two of which belonged to his best sled dog, Monte. Wayne Curtis is a good dog keeper. He keeps Team Stormwatch (his team’s name) in good condition all year, because he has a big, spacious yard for them to run around, play, and dig in, and at the same increases their bond together. Back in 1999, Wayne chose to race in the Yukon Quest, with his great friend, Don Bowers, under a sky filled with Northern Lights. Sadly, in 2000, his friend Don Bowers died in a tragic plane crash on Mt. McKinley. Wayne Curtis says of husky dogs, “They are bred for endurance, not for speed.” And “They are true sled dogs, bred to run long distances with moderate loads, in extreme conditions.” To do so, Wayne feeds Team Stormwatch food like beef, lamb, dry food and fish, to keep them in good shape. That is All.**
 * Assignment #4 by Joelie **

Wayne Curtis by Shannon assignment 4# Wayne Curtis is 46 years old he started racing in 1995 that year was his first year too AWESOME. Wayne was born in Indiana but I don’t know year he was born he went to Alaska 15 years ago because that’s where they had the race and almost for got he moved there like in 1992. He has 11 dogs and he broke some kind of record thing I think he broke the Iditarod All-Siberian husky race in 1995. He was watching T.V and he seen the Iditarod race and it made him feel like racing like this was long time ago like in the 70’s..... T.V makes life mare better. Oh YAM (YAM means ya) he has a wife name Chris they where married like for 23 years that’s a long time. He is the member Siberian Husky Club of America that’s hmmm…that’s weird I wonder why he can be in that club it and I CAN’T lol. =( but I heard the Siberian husky Club of the Frontier and the Alaska Chapter of the SCCA. Wayne won like lots of trophies umm…I don’t how much he won. But theirs is a sad part in his life to his life his friends die in a tragic plane crash. :’( That’s all the information I got on him like YAM… Wayne Curtis said ‘Siberian huskies are true digs because they could go long distance...sweet. ;)

Shannon ’s assignment I think it will be fun to go to the Iditarod race because it will be an awesome adventure I like adventures even if I never been on one. I would take lots of stuff like food and water like important stuff. I think it will cool because the dogs will pulling me from a sled I never went on a dog sled but I think it will be awesome. It would be really cold and I don’t like being in the cold to tell you the truth I don’t like winter I like fall but still an adventure will be like that. I would bring my mp3 and listen to music and try to ignore the cold. I bet the dogs will be really tired I would feel so sorry for them and then I would lose because I would give the dogs lot of breaks am animal lover. Shannon assignment Like I said before I like adventures I watch movies of adventures but I never in my whole life went on adventures my am a nerd. Like one time I watch a sonic show it look so much fun he went on his biggest adventure he run really fast and beat up bad guys I wished I was in that show. Sonic always go on adventures man I wish I was a cartoon so badly. That Iditarod thing will be like a little adventure and it will be good for beginners who want to go on adventures. My mom says I watch to mush Sonic shows and cartoons and play too much video games but I mostly play video games I love video games because it is like going on a adventures because when you die it only happens to the guys on the game and you will be safe and sound. I think I type useless stuff down it mostly has the word ‘adventure’…