Dear Zuma and friends,
We here at Collingswood Middle School ( Grade 6) in New Jersey have been following the race and learning all about it. My classmates and I enjoy seeing how our chosen mushers are doing. How exciting! I’ve learned about how the mushers have to carry the symbolic mailbags with them from Anchorage to Nome, and if they lose the bag they are disqualified.
My question to you is about the GPS systems that the mushers are wearing throughout the race. What happens if the musher loses their tracking device? Are they disqualified, like when they lose the mailbag?
Thanks for all the great updates! My 6th grade class is learning so much!
Your friend,
Cathyrn Maienza
Grade 6th
Collingswood Middle School
Hello Boys and Girls,
Thanks for writing to us.
The GPS Trackers are secured to the sled or put in the sled bag. The musher isn’t disqualified if the tracker falls off or if it stops working. If it falls off or breaks, the good folks at I on Earth who run the tracker system, try and fix it or get a different one for the musher’s sled.
The mail bag you are talking about is not a bag, but it is a package with promotional materials or mail. The mail cachet is part of the required gear a musher has to have in the sled bag.
Lots of Tail Wags,
Zuma
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Dear Zuma,
Do you like to dress up like Libby? So are you in the Iditarod or not? No offense, but you look like you are cross-eyed in the picture! Sorry if we offended you, we wouldn’t mean to. Your friends from Ithaca New York, Alex and Hannah
Dear Zuma,
We have a couple questions for you.
Why do you wear such colorful bandanas?
How long have you been a K-9 reporter?
What do you like about being a K-9 reporter?
How many brothers and sisters do you have?
Are you a race dog?
Have you ever been in the Iditarod?
Thank you,
Lisa, Krista, and Ellen
Dear Liby,
We are big fan of you!! Your pretty fur stands out a mile away. Did you injoy to run in the ididerod? Was it scary and hard? We want the the real answer, in books we have read that it is so much fun, but we want your opinion. Who are your dog friends? What was it like being in the ididerod? Did your fellings change.From Samantha and Madeline!
Dear Zuma,
we are a big fan of you! Do you have any brothers or sisters? We would really like to know more about you. You did great in the prevouis races!! you are the best dog i have ever seen! Please write back !!
Dear Zuma,I am sutch a big fan.Ihope you had a good time mushing. I hope you get a good nap.
Lots of kissis Teya*
Dear Zuma,
I am a big fan of you!If you could choose
what you were going to do next year would
you race or give it a break for a year! What dog food would you have if you could choose it?
Hello boys. I’m glad you are a fan. I am not a racing dog…. I am a K9 Reporter. Kibble mixed with salmon is my favorite food! Lots of Tail Wags, Zuma
dear zuma,
are you realy sending us your comments or is
your owner sending it to us?We want to know
the truth!!!!
Of course I type. Have you seen my picture with the keyboard? Lots of Tail Wags, Zuma
Dear zuma,
I want to know what your favorite food is and
what you wear back at your home?I hope you
like what i’m writting and i hope you write
back!!!
My favorite food is salmon. I always wear my own natural ‘fur’ coat… Thanks for writing. Lots of Tail Wags, Zuma
Dear Zuma, you are so great!!! Me,Tylor and Amanda’s dog Eli would like to meet you!!Who Are your dog friends? Do you like the snow there? Is the whether cold there? Are you the dog out of your brothers and sisters? Lots of hugs. Plese write back Amanda, and Tylor