World Hunger. Although the number of undernourished people has dropped by over 20% since 1992 (216 million fewer than in 1990-92) today there are 795 million people â or one in nine people in the world â who do not have enough to eat. 98% of the worldâs undernourished people live in developing countries.
The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is an annual long-distance sled dog race run in early March from Anchorage to Nome. Mushers and a team of 16 dogs, of which at least 6 must be on the towline at the finish line, cover the distance in 9â15 days or more.
Joe Redington, Senior (February 1, 1917 â June 24, 1999) was an American dog musher and kennel owner, who is best known as the  Father of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race , a long distance sled dog race run annually from the Anchorage area to Nome, Alaska.