Iditarod Series to Premiere on Discovery in October

SILVER SPRING, July 11: This October, Discovery Channel in
the U.S. will premiere Iditarod, a
six-part original series from Original Productions examining the famed sled dog
race.

The series follows participants of the 1,150-mile Iditarod
Trail Sled Dog Race from Anchorage to Nome as they travel over frozen rivers,
barren tundra, mountains and thick forest in freezing temperatures. People from
all over the world convene in Alaska each March to run in the “Last Great Race
on Earth.” The Iditarod Trail was originally used as a mail and supply route from
the coastal towns of Seward and Knik to the interior mining camps.

Iditarod is produced
by Original Productions for Discovery Channel. Thom Beers and Phillip Segal are
executive producers and Jeff Conroy is co-executive producer. For Discovery
Channel, Paul Gasek is executive producer.

John Ford, the president and general manager of Discovery
Channel, said: “This new series truly defines adventure programming. Viewers
will once again travel back to Alaska, one of the toughest places on earth,
where they will see the sheer will and determination it takes for men and women
to compete in and complete this 1,150 mile race. The stories of these competitors deserve to be told and we
are proud to do it.”

—By Jackie Stewart