The Iditarod Airforce is a group of people who bring the drop bags to the check points, and support the racers, dogs and race judges. There are 31 pilots who move over 124,822 lbs of dog food to nourish the athletes. They will move over 537 dropped and scratched dogs back to Anchorage or one of the hubs and fly 45 veterinarians that monitor the athletes before, during and after the race to insure there well being.
Abbey
Thursday, March 11, 2010
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that is a lot of work
ReplyDeleteThat is head work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletesorry, for bad I ment to say "herd work"
ReplyDeleteHi Abbey!
ReplyDeleteThank you for telling us about the Iditarod Air Force. I found a cool power point presentation that you can watch at school to see all of the things they do. Good job on your research!
Mrs. A.