Iditarod video
Iditarod
Watch some quick clips of the Iditarod. (23sec)

See sled dogs running the Fur Rondy races.
(33 sec)

Sled dogs, known also as sleigh dogs, sledge dogs or sleddogs are dogs that are used to pull a wheel-less vehicle on runners (a sled or sleigh) over snow or ice, by means of harnesses and lines. It is not certain when this unique form of transport was first thought of by humankind nor where it originated, but it may well have been in eastern Siberia, whose tribes have a long history of nomadic winter travel.

Alaska Sled Dogs

Sled Dogs are widely used in Alaska

"The Call of the Wild." - "White Fang." - The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. You've read the books, you've seen the movie, you know about the 1,100-mile race across Alaska's bush country. Now you want to do it for yourself. Dogsled rides give visitors a taste of Last Frontier life and legend. And even in the snowless months of summer, dogsled rides are available on glaciers. Helicopters ferry visitors into the mountains, where glaciers provide year-round ice and snow. Teams of huskies and their handlers already on the glacier demonstrate the features of the sleds and escort the visitors on a safe trail. Don't worry about lugging your winter coat -- the tour company provides warm parkas and boots.

Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race:

The Iditarod is every March:
Today, the race has grown into an international contest with an average of 57 mushers from Alaska, Canada, the lower 48, Europe and Japan and South America. The youngest musher ever to race was 18 years old, the oldest was 86 years old. Sled dog racing is the only professional sport where men and women compete equally; there are no men's and women's divisions.

Flightseeing:
Flights over the Iditarod trail are available from many different airlines.