Leader of the pack: after winning third place in the Jr. Iditarod, Ellen King is ready for anything.(Cover story)

From: Know Your World Extra | Date: April 7, 2006 | Copyright information

Ellen King, 14, is always up for a challenge. This year, she raced for two days in freezing weather. She survived a night camping out in the snow. Through it all, she had to rely on herself and her team. Nothing phased her. She took third place and won a $1,500 scholarship.

Ellen is a musher--she races sled dogs. She comes from a family of mushers. Her two older sisters, Cali and Tessa, also race sled dogs. And her father, Jeff King, has been called the most successful musher in history. He has won the famous Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race three times. So Ellen's family had a ...

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