Alaska continues "Iditarod 2010" Bashny.Net

For the past 38 years in the territory of the northern US state hosts the annual dog sled race - "Iditarod» (The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race). Start of the competition in the largest city in Alaska - Anchorage (Anchorage). Total in the race participate seventy drovers. Dogs tested for doping, since the year 1994, but the mushers will be tested this year for the first time. Place and time of the doping tests are kept in strict confidence. In the event that a participant in the blood stimulant drugs, he may be disqualified.

This year, the prize fund of the competition was almost 600 thousand dollars. According to regulations, the winner will receive the car and check for 50,000 dollars. The competition will last for two weeks, because the participants have to drive about 1800 kilometers.