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.
Each team must start with 16 dogs and finish with at least six. (Read what it takes to compete in the Iditarod.) National Geographic talked to Diane Johnson, the Iditarod's director of education, to learn more about the so-called last great race. 1. Iditarod is a city, a river, a trail, and a race. Iditarod means distant or distant place in the languages of Ingalik and Holikachu, which are spoken by indigenous Athabaskan peoples of northwestern Alaska. It's also the name of a city, a river, and a trail in the same area.