# Presentation: 514527

## Iditarod : The Last Great Race

***Iditarod : The Last Great Race***

- A dog race: *From Anchorage to Nome*
- In excess of 1,049 miles (*actually 1131 +mi)*
- Begins annually : *1**st** Saturday in March*
- 80 plus teams beginning the annual trek

## Iditarod Air Force

*Iditarod Air Force*

**Notes:**
Each bringing to Iditarod their private planes......over 731 years combined experience.....combined total time of over 250, 000 hours

## A group of Individuals: 

- A group of Individuals:

- Who have a passion for flying
- A Love of Alaska
- An addiction to “The Last Great Race”

**Notes:**
Fade in to the group picture

## Meet those people

- 28 pilots
- Donating Their Airplanes
- Their Time

**Notes:**
Add in a few pilot/plane pictures...perhaps murphy, davidson, norris, us

## What we do

- Move 650 dropped dogs
- Move  75,000 # of dog food
- Move 800 bales of straw
- Move a portion of the 15,000 trail markers
- Move 700 cases of Heet
- Transport 47 Veterinarians up and down the trail
- Transport 40 Communications volunteers and their equipment around the trail
- Transport the Race Manager, Marshal , Race Judges, Photographers, and dog handler personnel continually up and down the trail

**Notes:**
Add another plane picture

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## How is this accomplished?

- _How is this accomplished?_

- Through the use of more volunteers....
- People dedicated to being a part of the IAF
- ....the non pilot folks that are an essential part of our success

**McGrath**

**Unalakleet**

**Nome**

**Anchorage**

**Notes:**
HIGHLIGHT ANC AS HUB AND POINT TO YENTNA, SKWENTA, FINGER LAKE , AND RAINY PASS

- Anchorage

**Anchorage Hub**

**Notes:**
HIGHLIGHT ANC AS HUB AND POINT TO YENTNA, SKWENTA, FINGER LAKE , AND RAINY PASS

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- Anchorage

**Anchorage Hub**

**Notes:**
HIGHLIGHT ANC AS HUB AND POINT TO YENTNA, SKWENTA, FINGER LAKE , AND RAINY PASS

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- Anchorage

**Anchorage Hub**

**Notes:**
HIGHLIGHT ANC AS HUB AND POINT TO YENTNA, SKWENTA, FINGER LAKE , AND RAINY PASS

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- Anchorage

**Anchorage Hub**

**Notes:**
HIGHLIGHT ANC AS HUB AND POINT TO YENTNA, SKWENTA, FINGER LAKE , AND RAINY PASS

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- McGrath

**McGrath Hub**

**Notes:**
HIGHLIGHT ANC AS HUB AND POINT TO YENTNA, SKWENTA, FINGER LAKE , AND RAINY PASS

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**Rohn**

- McGrath

**McGrath Hub**

**Notes:**
HIGHLIGHT ANC AS HUB AND POINT TO YENTNA, SKWENTA, FINGER LAKE , AND RAINY PASS

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**Rohn**

- McGrath

**McGrath Hub**

**Notes:**
HIGHLIGHT ANC AS HUB AND POINT TO YENTNA, SKWENTA, FINGER LAKE , AND RAINY PASS

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**Rohn**

- McGrath

**McGrath Hub**

**Notes:**
HIGHLIGHT ANC AS HUB AND POINT TO YENTNA, SKWENTA, FINGER LAKE , AND RAINY PASS

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**Rohn**

- McGrath

**McGrath Hub**

**Notes:**
HIGHLIGHT ANC AS HUB AND POINT TO YENTNA, SKWENTA, FINGER LAKE , AND RAINY PASS

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- Unalakleet

**Unalakleet Hub**

**Notes:**
HIGHLIGHT ANC AS HUB AND POINT TO YENTNA, SKWENTA, FINGER LAKE , AND RAINY PASS

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- Unalakleet

**Unalakleet Hub**

**Notes:**
HIGHLIGHT ANC AS HUB AND POINT TO YENTNA, SKWENTA, FINGER LAKE , AND RAINY PASS

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- Unalakleet

**Unalakleet Hub**

**Notes:**
HIGHLIGHT ANC AS HUB AND POINT TO YENTNA, SKWENTA, FINGER LAKE , AND RAINY PASS

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- Unalakleet

**Unalakleet Hub**

**Notes:**
HIGHLIGHT ANC AS HUB AND POINT TO YENTNA, SKWENTA, FINGER LAKE , AND RAINY PASS

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- Unalakleet

**Unalakleet Hub**

**Notes:**
HIGHLIGHT ANC AS HUB AND POINT TO YENTNA, SKWENTA, FINGER LAKE , AND RAINY PASS

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**Notes:**
Highlight nome and down the trail to shaktoolik....

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