|Articles|April 16, 2010

Photo gallery: The Iditarod trail (part 10)

The Iditarod has been dubbed "the last great race on earth."

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The Iditarod has been dubbed "the last great race on earth." In fact, the Iditarod Trail started as a mail and supply route running from the coastal towns of Seward to Nome. In 1925, the trail was a life-line to the people of Nome following an epidemic of diphtheria.

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