la storia sleddog

<BODY BACKGROUND="sleddog_i000047.gif" TEXT=#000000 LINK=#0000FF VLINK=#FF0000 BGCOLOR=#F0F0F0 > <BASE TARGET="_top"> <DIV class=s2>  </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-size:11pt;'></FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";font-size:22pt;'><B>BREVI CENNI STORICI SULLO </B></FONT><FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";font-size:22pt;'><B>SLEDDOG  </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s2> <FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";font-size:22pt;'><B> </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B></B></FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>Le origini dello </B></FONT><FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>sleddog</B></FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B> risalgono ai popoli artici.  </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>Esquimesi ed Indiani Athabaska avevano come unico mezzo di trasporto slitte trainate da cani.  </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>Anche cerc</B><B>atori d’oro e corrieri postali , dopo di loro, ricorrevano a slitte </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B> trainate da cani per spostarsi da una parte all’altra del </B></FONT><FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>Grande Nord</B></FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>.  </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;'> <B><I> </I></B></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;'> <B><I><IMG SRC="sleddog_i00004f.jpg" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=450 HEIGHT=248 > </I></B><FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>Nome</B></FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B> </B></FONT><B><I>1913  </I></B></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;'> <B><I><IMG SRC="sleddog_i000050.jpg" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=519 HEIGHT=330 > </I></B><FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>Alaska</B></FONT><B><I> 1906  </I></B></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;'> <B><I> </I></B></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;'> <B></B><FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>Nomi ormai mitici diventati leggenda come </B></FONT><FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>Jak London</B></FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B> ( scrittore: - il richiamo della foresta- ecc.), </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B> </B></FONT><FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>Leonhard Seppala </B></FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>(cercatore d'oro avventuriero),  </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B></B></FONT><FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>Joe Redington</B></FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>, resero famosi questi cani e questo sport in tutto il mondo.</B></FONT><B>  </B></DIV> <DIV class=s2> <B><I> </I></B></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;'> <B><I><IMG SRC="sleddog_i000052.jpg" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=233 HEIGHT=357 >  <IMG SRC="sleddog_i000053.jpg" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=244 HEIGHT=357 >  <IMG SRC="sleddog_i00004d.jpg" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=239 HEIGHT=353 > </I></B></DIV> <DIV class=s2> <B><I> </I></B></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>Jack London</B></FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B> 1920          </B></FONT><FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>Leonard Seppala</B></FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B> 1930        </B></FONT><FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>Joe Redington</B></FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B> 1970  </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>Nel 1973, l</B><B>’esploratore americano </B></FONT><FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>Joe Redington </B></FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>organizzò la prima storica </B></FONT><FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>Iditarod</B></FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>.  </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>La mitica gara, 1049 miglia (1800 km), da </B></FONT><FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>Anchorage</B></FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B> a Nome, ricorda l’impresa di un gruppo di corrieri su slitte che nel 1925 riuscì a portare il vaccino in tempo a </B></FONT><FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>Nome</B></FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>, altrimenti sterminata dalla difterite. </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>A </B></FONT><FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>Balto</B></FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>, uno dei cani leader della spedizione, è stata eretta addirittura una statua al Central Park di New York.  </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;'> <B><IMG SRC="sleddog_i000054.jpeg" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=280 HEIGHT=407 > </B></DIV> <DIV class=s2> <B> </B></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;'> <B><I></I></B><FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>Nel 1988 invece nasce in Europa l’</B></FONT><FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>Alpirod</B></FONT><FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>,  </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='font-family:"Benguiat Bk BT";'><B>la gara europea appunto più nota e dura che si correva sulle Alpi Francesi, Italiane, Svizzere ed Austriache.  </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;'> <B><I><IMG SRC="sleddog_i000055.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=500 HEIGHT=293 > </I></B></DIV> <DIV class=s2> <B> </B></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;'> <B><I><IMG SRC="sleddog_i000051.jpg" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=909 HEIGHT=484 > </I></B></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;'> <B><IMG SRC="sleddog_i00004e.jpg" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=500 HEIGHT=314 > </B></DIV> <DIV class=s2> <B><I> </I></B></DIV>