View Related Episode: Eagle Cap Extreme, Portland Biking, Summer Lake Revisit

Learn more about the Eagle Cap Extreme, Oregon's only Iditarod qualifier. Mushers lead their teams through the Wallowa Whitman National Forest in one of two races either the 100 mile or the 200 mile. The Oregon Field Guide crew accompanies the teams and along the way they become part of the story. In addition this episode of Field Guide has some incredibly beautiful shots of the Wallowa's at dawn and dusk.

First Broadcast: 2009

Appeared in episode: Eagle Cap Extreme, Portland Biking, Summer Lake Revisit

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Big Blue Marble
by Vince Patton | 03/04/2010
If you’re old enough, you remember Christmas Eve, 1968 for an image that put the entire planet in its place. Of course, most folks saw it in black and white on their TVs.  The color version returned with the astronauts of Apollo 8 and became an iconic photo of the 20th century. The world had never [...]
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