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Web Resources

We recommend the following Web sites for those interested in subjects presented on the program. All links are valid as of July 14, 2000.

Iditarod: The Last Great Race
www.iditarod.com
Everything you want to know about the world’s most famous sled dog race.

SledDog.Com
www.sleddog.com/indexmain.htm
A site for mushers of every stripe, armchair to frostbitten.

Alaskan Sled Dog and Racing Association
http://alaskansleddogracingassociation.com/
Preserving the traditions and heritage of the State of Alaska.

Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
www.iditarod.com/
From the history of the race to frequently asked questions, this site’s got it all.

Beargrease 2000
www.beargrease.com
The longest sled dog race in the lower 48 states.

Sled Dogs and Iditarod
http://www.cabelasiditarod.com/
Joe Runyan, 1989 Iditarod winner, and other famous Iditarod personalities, provide race updates on this site with information on all things Iditarod.

Print Resources

Bowers, Don. BACK OF THE PACK: AN IDITAROD ROOKIE MUSHER’S ALASKA PILGRIMAGE TO NOME. Anchorage, AK: Publication Consultants, 1998.

Brown, Tricia. IDITAROD COUNTRY: EXPLORING THE ROUTE OF THE LAST GREAT RACE. Anchorage, AK: Epicenter, 1998.

Flanders, Noel. THE JOY OF RUNNING SLED DOGS. Bozeman, MT: Alpine, 1988.

Freedman, Lou. IDITAROD CLASSICS: TALES OF THE TRAIL FROM THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO RACE ACROSS ALASKA. Anchorage, AK: Epicenter, 1992.

Jones, Tim. THE LAST GREAT RACE: THE IDITAROD. New York: Stackpole, 1988.

Mattson, Ted. ADVENTURES OF THE IDITAROD AIR FORCE: TRUE STORIES ABOUT THE PILOTS WHO FLY FOR ALASKA’S FAMOUS SLED DOG RACE. Anchorage, AK: Epicenter, 1997.

Riddles, Libby and Tim Jones. RACE ACROSS ALASKA: FIRST WOMAN TO WIN THE IDITAROD TELLS HER STORY. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole, 1988.

Standiford, Natalie. THE BRAVEST DOG EVER: THE TRUE STORY OF BALTO. New York: Random House, 1989.

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