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73Unemployment - What Happens When Working Animals Have No Work?
People can become depressed, anxious, and angry when they become unemployed. The same is true of working animals.
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76Sarah Palin's Alaska, Episode #6 : Potpourri
It was like this week's episode (#6) of Sarah Palin's Alaska had a bucket list and just had to cram in every possible experience before the end. From white water rafting to camping to panning for gold to...
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81A european winter holiday: dog sledding in Finland
When the winter word comes to my head I think of the warmth of log fires, the taste of mulled wine and the sight of cold evenings from this side of the window. No one can take me out of the house. I am a...
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70History of American Towns--Nome, Alaska, in the beginning,gold rush
Everyone has heard of Nome even if they no nothing of Alaska. Gold, dog sled, Huskies , and snow.Like so many other things, there is controversy over how nome got it's name.
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60IDITOROD 2010!
The annual Iditarod is one of the many exciting adventure trips to ponder. Imagine yourself in the back-country of Anchorage Alaska, being pulled along by a well-oiled team of dogs harnessed together participating in what organizers have deemed,...
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79The Junior Iditarod Sled Dog Race
Winter sports are held even past the Spring Equinox and in the Alaskan March of each year, the Iditarod runs in order to commemorate a long-ago dogsled team. Those working dogs delivered vitally needed anti-toxin to an isolated place at the end of...
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79Prelude To The Iditarod: About Some Of My Favorite Mushers Past and Present
I am waiting on the proverbial edge of my seat for the start of the 2010 Iditarod, I tried to think of what would be most interesting to write about. There is so much coverage of the Iditarod these days (and rightly so) that I wanted to lend...
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83The Great Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
The annual “last great race on earth” is taking place in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. What is this race? This is the ultimate, competitive dog sledding race: the Iditarod. This dog sled race covers over 1,150 miles in 10-17 days through the roughest, toughest, coldest, darkest and most beautiful terrain in the North. It not only tests the skills of the musher and his team, but the mettle that they are made of. It is a race that only the
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81Understanding the Basics of Dog Sledding - Dogs and Sleds
Dog sledding is not a new sport nor is skijoring or weight pulling. Many breeds were created specifically for these tasks many years ago. Some, like the Canadian Eskimo Dog and Alaskan Malamute, were created thousands of years ago. Like most sports, dog sledding is based as much on desire as strength and stamina. It has been the overwhelming desire to succeed that has carried many teams to the finish line when all odds were against them, especially in the Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race.
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65Useful Things to do With Left Over Pine Christmas Trees
Some communities use Christmas trees to make sand and soil erosion barriers, especially at/on beaches and on river beds. Sinking them into private fish ponds trees make excellent refuges and feeding areas for...
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