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Rachael Scdoris recounts her experiences running the Iditarod Race as the only legally blind competitor, and reflects on how she has faced the challenges of blindness and excelled when no one else believed in her.

Don Bowers chronicles the experiences he had while running Alaska's 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, describing how he went from a mushing novice to a seasoned racers in just two years.

Minnesota author and dog musher Gary Paulsen reflects on the growth of his sled dogs as he and his animals discover the world around them.

The author tells the story of how she became the first woman to win the 1,100 mile Iditarod Sled Dog Race in 1985.

The author's account of his most ambitious quest, to know a world beyond his knowing, to train for and run the Iditarod.

The story of the heroic role played by sled dogs, including the Siberian husky Togo, in the delivery of antitoxin serum to those stricken with diphtheria in 1925 Nome. Includes historical notes about the event as well as about the Iditarod Sled Dog Race which commemorates it.

Relates the story of a fifteen-year-old Alaskan boy and his dogs as they prepare for and then run the 158-mile course of the Junior Iditarod Race.

Describes the annual dog sled race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska, and the life of the woman who was the first person to win it for three consecutive years.

After two weeks on the trail and traveling over 1,000 miles, Susan Butcher nears Nome and the end of the Iditarod. Has she won again?.

Presents over twenty first-person accounts from people who have participated in the annual Iditarod race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska.