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Tuesday March 16th 2010: Blogs Roundup

Shaimaa Khalil Shaimaa Khalil | 11:36 UK time, Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Thanks to Drid Williams, David Jackmanson and John Clarke for suggesting blogs and blog subjects both via e-mail and on .

Drid Williams is a fan of . It's a sled dog race that happens once a year in Alaska; a uniquely American event as Drid describes it. Drid hasn't recommended any particular blogs but said there are many out there. is one of them. Justin and Rebecca Savidis moved from Utah to Alaska in 2004 hoping to start a sled dog Kennel, train as mushers and to both qualify for and race in the 2010 Iditarod.

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David Jackmanson got in touch through Twitter to suggest ; a blog that provides an insight into Australian politics. In , The Piping Striker blogs about what he/she describes as the lack of substance in political media coverage in Australia.

John Clarke suggested his own blog. chronicles his trip across the Atlantic in 1969 when he was working on a cargo ship. John kept a journal at the time and has gone back to it remembering how things felt like back then but also comparing events to his life now as a man in his forties with a job and family. In John describes his first day on the ship before they even set sail.

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