Across

3. On the trail, sled dogs are fed a stew of meat, fat, oil, and dog
 food, which is mixed with hot water from snow melted on ________. 
http://www.ultimateiditarod.com/dogfood.html 

4. By 1910, the government decided to construct a winter trail from 
Seward to Nome for dog sled teams to deliver the _______ and supplies; 
this was the beginning of the Iditarod Trail.  
http://www.iditarod.com/background.html 

7. Alaska’s history beginning in the 1880’s is related to the _____ 
Rush. http://www.iditarod.com/background.html 

8. The dogs behind the lead dogs are called the _______ dogs. 
http://www.expeditionsamoyeds.org/sledbasics.html 

9. Mitch _________ won the 2004 Iditarod dog sled race in 9 days, 12 
hours, 20 minutes, and 22 seconds. 
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/iditarod/ 

10. Under icy trail conditions the dogs wear _______. 
http://uberpest.50megs.com/booties.html 

Down

1. The author Gary Paulsen, who has raced twice in the Iditarod, wrote 
about his dogs in the book _________. 
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/iditarod/ 

2. They get their food on the trail at a series of 18 Food ______, 
which have around 2,000 pounds of food and supplies for each team. 
 http://www.ultimateiditarod.com/fooddrops.html 

3. If a dog gets tired or injured between checkpoints, they are carried 
in the ______. http://www.ultimateiditarod.com/faqFkids.htm 

5. Dogs that get sick or injured get to fly home on the _________Air 
Force.  http://www.ultimateiditarod.com/faqFkids.htm 

6. Dog sledders in Alaska often see the Aurora ________ (Northern 
Lights), which is a glow from atoms and molecules from the sun hitting 
the earth's upper atmosphere.  http://www.alaskascience.com/aurora.htm 

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