The Blazing Cold Chase “Whoosh” went the snow as it blew across the frozen tundra in the Alaskan wilderness. Some people don’t even know how the Iditarod started, this is the true story. In the book The Great Serum Race, by Debbie S. Miller, I learned that, “In March every year, dog sled teams and drivers from all over the world compete in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. This race, over a thousand miles from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska, commemorates the the famous serum run of 1925” (Miller 223). In this essay I will explain the pros, cons, and my opinion about the Iditarod. First, I will be writing about the pros of the Iditarod. Each and every single dog in the Iditarod is trained to be healthy and prepared for the harsh weather, all of the dogs are born with this adaptation to the cold. Every dog is taken care of, there are veterinarians at every checkpoint, and the mushers care more about their dogs than themselves. The dogs aren’t forced to run they just have a natural instinct. Over the whole course of the race, dogs are checked 10,000 times by veterinarians. If dogs get sick, they get dropped and flown back to seek medical attention.…show more content… Even though the mushers care more about their dogs than themselves. Over the years in total 147 dogs have died. In the book Miller stated that “traveling long distances in the extreme cold was a dangerous challenge. If the dogs ran to fast, and breathed too deeply, they could frost their lungs” (Miller 227). Although these dogs are used to the cold, they can still get really sick and hurt. These dogs have to run at least 1,049 miles, some dogs get blisters on their feet and many dogs get bloody and swollen paws. At some of the checkpoints dogs drink from buckets that have rust
