Alaska Sled Dogs
"The Call of the Wild." - "White Fang." - The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. You've read the books, you've seen the movie, you know about the 1,100-mile race across Alaska's bush country. Now you want to do it for yourself. Dogsled rides give visitors a taste of Last Frontier life and legend. And even in the snowless months of summer, dogsled rides are available on glaciers. Helicopters ferry visitors into the mountains, where glaciers provide year-round ice and snow. Teams of huskies and their handlers already on the glacier demonstrate the features of the sleds and escort the visitors on a safe trail. Don't worry about lugging your winter coat -- the tour company provides warm parkas and boots.
Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race:
The Iditarod is every March:Today, the race has grown into an international contest with an average of 57 mushers from Alaska, Canada, the lower 48, Europe and Japan and South America. The youngest musher ever to race was 18 years old, the oldest was 86 years old. Sled dog racing is the only professional sport where men and women compete equally; there are no men's and women's divisions.
Flightseeing:
Flights over the Iditarod trail are available from many different airlines. Book A Flight Here
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