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Thursday, March 19, 2009
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2009 Iditarod Winner

The 2009 Iditarod winner has made it to Nome, Alaska! Musher Lance Mackey arrived at 11:38 a.m. on March 18, winning his third Iditarod race in a row!

The Iditarod Sled Dog Race takes place every March in Alaska. The race is an incredible 1,150 miles (1,851 kilometers) long, and it usually takes at least 10 days for the first musher to make it to the finish line.

Quiz Your Noodle and find out how much you know about the Iditarod!

Visit the official Iditarod site.

3 Comments

that is cool

I have gone there and done that stuff!

gooooo Iditarod whoooooooooooooohooooooooooo i wonder if anyone died there cuse i've heard stories

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