The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome was hundreds of miles from anywhere and under siege from a contagious disease known as the ...
From January 27, 1925 until February 2, 20 mushers and 150 dogs heroically transported desperately needed diphtheria antitoxin to the remote town of Nome, Alaska, saving countless lives in the process ...
On Feb. 2, 1925, the legendary Alaska Serum Run ended as the last of a series of dog mushers brought life-saving medication ...
Balto and a portion of the team were confined to the back room Los Angeles dime museum before they were purchased by a ...
One hundred years ago an outbreak of the deadly disease in the Alaskan outpost of Nome caught the world’s attention.
Togo, not Balto, was the driving force behind the 1925 Serum Run to Nome, which found teams of mushers and sled dogs delivering antitoxin to children suffering from diphtheria ...
At least it was snowing and not raining Monday when the sled dog team re-enacting the Centennial Serum Run to Nome left ...
Learn Norwegian with Christie Ericson and Norsk 101 as you read about Leonhard Seppala, the world-renowned musher ...
Musher Jonathan Hayes and his Seppala Siberian sled dogs are retracing the 1925 journey that saved Nome, Alaska, during a deadly diphtheria outbreak.