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Comparing The Gary Paulsen Book And Iditarod

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Gary was training the dogs so that they are ready to run with snow.In iditarod there was lots of people more people with dogs. They made them run 1000 miles and in gary paulsen they made them run 100 miles. In iditarod they made them use husky’s and in gary paulsen they used dogs. In the gary paulsen book and iditarod they were at a snowy place to

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