Next, write a detailed description of your sled including the dimensions and the materials from which it is made. They ship some of the supplies and food to drop points, and they carry some food and supplies with them on their sleds. Using the internet and other reference materials, research the supplies and food each musher will need for the race. Iditarod 2000 Official Website Scholastic Network Iditarod Curriculum Iditarod Vet Information - lots of info. In your diary make a list of the supplies you will take with you on your sled.
Some items are mandatory according to the rules of the Iditarod.
Be sure to include those items. When listing your items, be sure to include amounts. The dogs are very important to your success in completing the race. Each musher may take as many as sixteen dogs on the race. Mushers choose their best dogs to compete in the race and continue to train the dogs up until the race.