The ITC is the parent organization (401c3) of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, the premier long distance sled dog race in the world. This unique event men/women and their teams of 16 dogs against the historic Iditarod Trail and Mother Nature. Across the mountains and river valleys of interior Alaska, the 1,000 mile race ends along the frozen coast of the Bering Sea in the fabled gold mining settlement at Nome. This is the sled dog race that has attracted a world wide audience.