Across
- 3. the race takes place place on a series of ______
- 6. setting a specific speed for a dog tea to run at
- 8. the dogs and the musher have to work as a ____ if they want to finish the race
- 10. marked locations along the route of the race
- 12. the rope that connects the dogs’ harnesses to the sled
- 15. a challenge a musher might come to face
- 19. When the ice gets too thick
- 20. the ______ is the driver of the dog sled
Down
- 1. the sled team crosses the ______ ____ at the end of the race
- 2. command to start the team
- 4. a new musher who has never completed the race
- 5. thin lines of wood or plastic that line the under side of the sled
- 7. a type of shoe for dogs that protect their paws from being injured
- 9. the starting place of the Iditarod
- 11. a type of sled dog
- 13. the command to turn right
- 14. the command to turn left
- 16. a certain distance between checkpoints
- 17. the ending place of the Iditarod
- 18. the dogs pull a____ which their musher rides on