During this activity you will be working with our team to hunt down the information you need to complete the hunt and earn points in the Iditarod Challenge. This is a limited-time activity, which means that points will be awarded for finding as many answers as possible in the allotted amount of time. Once the Scavenger Hunt is over, there will be a team challenge, during which you team can earn additional "Challenge Points". It is important, therefore, that each team member participate in finding the information for each of the questions.

In order to encourage full participation, each team member must keep track of the information using those highly reliable tools known as pencil and paper! Your team will lose points if each member does not have his or her own set of answers. You should work together as a team to find the answer to each of the questons. Once you have found the answer, make sure that each of you has recoreded the information and then move on to the next question. Mare sure your answers are complete; your answer will not count as correct if it does not full answer the question.

All of the information you will be searching for can be found at the following sites. Be sure to check the site's main menu to see where you are likely to find the information you're looking for.

http://www.iditarod.com

http://www.cabelasiditarod.com

Good Luck!

1. According to one source, the Shageluk Indians named the Iditarod River. What does iditarod mean?
2. In what year did the first full Iditarod Sled Dog Race run to Nome?
3. How many miles is the race?
4. Convert the miles to kilometers. (Hint: use a conversion site on Google.)
5. What discovery drew people to Alaska in the late 1870's and 80's?
6. Describe the event that the race commemorates.
7. Who was Balto and who was his musher? Why are they remembered?
8. Where can you find a statue of Balto?
9. Who was Togo? (Do Google search on Togo.)
10. Who was the "father" of today's Iditarod?
11. Who was the "mother" of today's Iditarod?
12. How many volunteers does it take to stage the race?
13. How are food and supplies for the race transported to the checkpoints?
14. What is the "Widow's Lamp"?
15. Where is the Iditarod's Widow's Lamp placed?
16. What is the "Red Lantern Award"?
17. What is the "Iditarod Air Force"?
18. Which dog has won the most Golden Harness Awards? Who is her musher?
19. In the Iditarod, what is a "rookie"? How does a rookie qualify to run in the Iditarod?
20. List the items that a musher must have with him or her at all times during the race.
21. What is a "dropped dog"?
22. What are the mandatory stops a musher must make suring the race?
23. What is the "Good Samaritan Rule"?
24. What is the minimum and maximum number of dogs a team can start with? What is the minimum number of dogs that you must have to complete the race?
25. What is :cruel and inhumane treatment " of a dog?
26. Who much is the entry fee to run in the race?
27. What's a "swing dog"?
28. What breeds of dogs are the most popular for mushing?
29. How many races has Rick Swenson won? Robert Sorlie? Susan Butcher? Doug Swingley? Jeff King?
30. What kinds of ingrediants go into the dogs' food?
31. Who was the first woman to win the Iditarod? In what year?
32. To date, how many Canadians are entered in the race, who are they, and where are they from?