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The Iditarod Trail, also known historically as the Seward-to-Nome Trail, is a thousand-plus mile (1,600 km) historic and contemporary trail system in the US state of Alaska. The trail began as a composite of trails established by Alaskan native peoples. Its route crossed several mountain ranges and valleys and passed through numerous historical settlements en route from Seward to Nome. The discovery of gold around Nome brought thousands of people over this route beginning in 1908. Roadhouses for people and dog barns sprang up every 20 or so miles. By 1918 World War I and the lack of 'gold fever' resulted in far less travel. The trail might have been forgotten except for the 1925 diphtheria outbreak in Nome. In one of the final great feats of dog sleds, twenty drivers and teams carried the

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  • Iditarod Trail (de)
  • Iditarod Trail (fr)
  • Iditarod (it)
  • Iditarod Trail (en)
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  • L’Iditarod Trail, aussi appelé piste Seward-to-Nome est un passage historique d'Alaska aux États-Unis, qui part à 80 kilomètres au nord de Seward et rejoint d'abord Iditarod puis Nome, 1850 kilomètres plus loin. (fr)
  • Der Iditarod Trail, früher Seward-to-Nome Mail Trail genannt, ist ein historisches und aktuell rund 1600 km langes Wegesystem in Alaska. Der Trail ist heute durch das nach ihm benannte Iditarod-Hundeschlittenrennen bekannt. Er verlief ursprünglich vom Ende der Alaska Railroad etwa 80 km nördlich von Seward über den namensgebenden Ort Iditarod, der heute eine Geisterstadt ist, bis nach Nome. (de)
  • The Iditarod Trail, also known historically as the Seward-to-Nome Trail, is a thousand-plus mile (1,600 km) historic and contemporary trail system in the US state of Alaska. The trail began as a composite of trails established by Alaskan native peoples. Its route crossed several mountain ranges and valleys and passed through numerous historical settlements en route from Seward to Nome. The discovery of gold around Nome brought thousands of people over this route beginning in 1908. Roadhouses for people and dog barns sprang up every 20 or so miles. By 1918 World War I and the lack of 'gold fever' resulted in far less travel. The trail might have been forgotten except for the 1925 diphtheria outbreak in Nome. In one of the final great feats of dog sleds, twenty drivers and teams carried the (en)
  • Iditarod è un percorso che unisce Anchorage a Nome.Date le condizioni meteorologiche con temperature polari, il luogo è scelto per competizioni estreme, la prima e più conosciuta è la Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, celebre corsa con i cani da slitta, che si tiene in Alaska ogni anno, all'inizio di marzo, su un difficile percorso di circa 1,600 km, da Anchorage a Nome. La gara fu fondata nel 1973 da Joe Redington Sr. con l'obiettivo di preservare la tradizione dei cani da slitta in Alaska, messa in secondo piano dall'utilizzo sempre più frequente delle motoslitte. (it)
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  • http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Iditarod_Trail_Seward_500.jpg
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