The Hope Race or Hope Sled Dog Race is a defunct international sled dog race between Nome, Alaska and Anadyr, Russia, across the Bering Strait. The race was established in 1991,[1] shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union, and according to information on the race's (now inactive) website, the race was run as recently as 2004.[2] Racers covered 1,200 miles, but did not actually race across the Bering Strait. Teams instead were shipped across the strait on boats and raced on land.[1] In 1995, Alaska musher Bob Holder became the only person to compete in the Hope Race, Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, and Yukon Quest in the same year.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 HOPE Sled Dog Race. "About the HOPE Race" Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine, hopesleddograce.com. 1992. Accessed February 28, 2009.
  2. ↑ HOPE Sled Dog Race. "Official 2004 rules", hopesleddograce.com. 2004. Accessed February 28, 2009.
  3. ↑ Firth, John. Yukon Quest: The 1,000-Mile Dog Sled Race Through the Yukon and Alaska. Lost Moose Publishing, May 1998. p. 219


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