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1 DOG SLEDDING BY: Dylan Hatchell and Larry Ferebee

2 who Canadian Eskimo Dog Alaskan Malamute Siberian Husky Mackenzie River Husky

3 what Dog sledding. In particular, husky breeders are looking for dogs with an instinctive desire to pull long and hard through the toughest conditions. “You’ve got to have dogs that really want to see what is around that next corner,” Runyan says. “They want to be always on the go.”

4 when Dog sledding starts in the Yukon territory during the winter. -the smallest of the three territories in Canada -the four Atlantic provinces are smaller -located in the northwest corner of Canada -east - Northwest Territories, south - British Columbia -north - Beaufort Sea (Arctic Ocean), west - the U.S. state of Alaska -capital city is Whitehorse -flower - Fireweed, bird - Common Raven, tree - Sub-alpine Fir. -"Yukon" is from the native word "Yu-kun-ah" meaning "great river"

5 why Dog sledding is a way of transportation back when medicine didn’t have a way to get to the people that needed medicine and they couldn’t get it. The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, in Alaska, where musher's and teams of typically 16 dogs cover 1,161 miles (1,868 km) in one to fifteen days from Willow (near Anchorage) to Nome. The race begins on the first Saturday in March (the 2010 race began on March 6). The Iditarod began in 1973 as an event to test the best sled dog musher's and teams, evolving into the highly competitive race it is today.

6 Where Buck was kidnapped from his envoirmental home in San Francisco and he was moved to the ukon.


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