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Marzo 08, 2007
Dog Sled Races in Google Earth: Iditarod and Finnmarksløpet
Winter time in the northern hemisphere is almost over. That means its time for the dog-sled racing competitions! This year we have the two biggest races covered in Google Earth.
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Iditarod 2007 - Matt Nolan has again contacted me to let me know about this year's 1100 mile Iditarod dog race in Alaska. Visit the official site for details. Matt has a web page dedicated to his virtual globe content for the race including a Google Earth file 
which shows the race track and checkpoints, weather, and live tracking of the racers. The race has already started, so check it out now.
- Finnmarksløpet - This is Europe's longest sled-dog race and has been held since 1981. The staff has, along with the NRK - Norwegian National TV, traced the route and added photos and information about each checkpoint. The 1000 km race starts this Saturday (March 10th) at 1145 local time. Here is the main web site. Here is the race course and checkpoints in Google Earth. They say there will be live coverage at the NRK site, it's not clear to me whether you will be able to follow racer positions with Google Earth.
Enviado por FrankTaylor at Marzo 8, 2007 06:49 PM
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Enviado por: Margery Glickman at Marzo 8, 2007 07:30 PM
You can follow the race on google map. http://www.nrksport.no/1.2000763
Enviado por: finnmarkslopet at Marzo 10, 2007 08:33 PM
Margery: You should probably go bear hunting then.
Enviado por: Lester at Marzo 12, 2007 08:39 PM
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The Iditarod is cruel to dogs. For more information, visit the Sled Dog Action Coalition website, http://www.helpsleddogs.org