The endpoint of this event is a landmark called the "burled arch.
The endpoint of this event is a landmark called the "burled arch." Participants in this event are required to take an eight-hour break at the White Mountain checkpoint. Early landmarks on the course of this event include a desolate patch of fire-scarred spruce forest called the "Farewell Burn" and the ghost town of Ophir. In even-numbered years, this event uses a "northern route" through (*) Galena and Ruby; in odd-numbered years, it adopts a "southern route" through the town of Eagle Island. This event commemorates the actions of  ►"Balto," who brought serum against diphtheria to Nome in 1925. "Mushers" lead teams of huskies onÂ—for 10 pointsÂ—what annual sled dog race across the interior of Alaska?
The endpoint of this event is a landmark called the "burled arch.
the Iditarod