The challenge lasted 21 days allowing the necessary time to guarantee the adequate rests for the dogs and the participants to the expedition ( the musher cares about his dogs first! ) Collection of video - photographic material during the trip and documentation of the travel since its start from Italy and until the arrival in the City of Nome in Alaska. It has been possible to monitor daily on line the enterprise in the web site www.ararad.net ( under " Nenana 2003" and " Gara " ) Thanks to the internet " Remotely Anywhere " technology of the CMP of Bologna.