In cooperation with " Fogolar Viaggi ", Ararad left Italy with his dogs in order to acclimatize, train and prepare adequately all the preliminary organizing aspects The transfer has been done by airplane starting from the Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport of Trieste >Milano > New York > Salt Lake City > Anchorage ( Alaska ).

Ararad and his dogs has been gently welcomed and accommodated in Big Lake ( Alaska ) by his friends Toni & Suzanne Schmidt. The total 925 miles training runs have been done in Big Lake (Wassilla's Area) and Lake Louise ( Glenallen Area ). The rest of the Team reached Ararad in the beginning of February