Iditarod Becomes High-Profile Event

From: NPR All Things Considered | Date: March 11, 1996 | Copyright information

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The 1,100-mile Iditarod dogsled race has become a media event which is now supported by big business. Once a test of one's endurance against nature, it's become a logistical operation with its own groupies.

ROBERT SIEGEL, Host: The sport of sled dog racing calls to mind solitary mushers driving teams of huskies across the wilderness. But in the last 10 years, Alaska's Iditarod race has become a high-profile event. The six dozens mushers following the trail from Anchorage to the Bering Sea have been racing under the glare of the media and with the support of ...

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