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Iditarod: Toughest Race on Earth is a Discovery Channel reality television series about the 2008 Iditarod race from Anchorage, Alaska to Nome, Alaska.

The show follows and documents selected racers and their dogs during the 1,161 mile trek through Alaska's wilderness.

During the course of the show it is shown how the logistics of running an Iditarod are handled. Supplies are gathered and then flown into each of the checkpoints usually just hours before the mushers arrive. Each musher is required to sign into each checkpoint and then decides if they are going to continue on or rest for several hours. Some mushers elect to take short stops, briefly feeding their dogs before continuing on the trail.

List of Episodes
Season 1

Episode 1
The show begins at the ceremonial start of the 2008 Iditarod in Anchorage, Alaska, on March 1, 2008. 110 participants entered to compete in the 2008 race, with 95 mushers and their dog teams starting. It then follows them to the official starting point in Willow where the race begins the next day. By the end of the episode, one team makes it to Finger Lake before his first extended stop. Most teams rest in Swekna, though the large amount of teams that have elected to stop creates a loud, restless atmosphere. By the end of the episode, three teams have dropped from the race and the first 48 hours of the race are covered.