The Yukon Quest is an annual dog sled race held between Alaska and Canada on February 13th. Mushers transport their teams of huskies in special trucks with compartments for the dogs. The race covers 1,650 km over snow and ice, with the dogs covering 65 km per day and stopping three times a day to eat, sleep on straw, and be examined by a veterinarian.

2. On 13th February a very unsual race is run
between Alaska and Canada: the Yukon Quest.
The participants are huskis and their mushers.

3. Mushers have special trucks to transport the
dogs and dogs have in the trucks special
compartiments.

4. The dog race 65 kilometres every day. It's a
difficult race. When the dogs stop a
veterinarian examines the dogs.

5. The muhers have eight to fourteen dogs. They
race 1,650 km (one thousand six hundred and
fifty kilometres) on snow and ice.

6. The dogs have special bootees. They protect
them from the cold. The dog stop to eat and
sleep three times in a day. They sleep on
straw.

7. The dogs have special bootees. They protect
them from the cold. The dog stop to eat and
sleep three times in a day. They sleep on
straw.