Junior Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, Alaska
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q6313295
Library of congress:
sh 95005578
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: 95-31084: Wood, T. Iditarod dream, Dusty and his sled dogs compete in Alaska's Junior Iditarod, c1996:CIP galley (Jr. Iditarod; started in 1977 for mushers 14-17 years old; 2-day, 158 mile race on the Iditarod National Trail starting and finishing in Wasilla)
Wikipedia description:
The Junior Iditarod Sled Dog Race, or Jr. Iditarod, is a 148- to 158-mile (222 km) sled dog race for mushers between the ages of 14 through 17, which is patterned after the 1,150-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race that is said to be 1,049 miles (1,688.2 km). The race is held outside Anchorage in the U.S. state of Alaska, and was the first long-distance race for juvenile mushers.
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