Smithsonian Magazine17d
This Heroic Dog Raced Across the Frozen Alaskan Wilderness to Deliver Life-Saving Medicine—but His Contributions Were Long Overlooked
Togo, not Balto, was the driving force behind ... these men received little recognition until the 1970s. A map of the 1925 Serum Run to Nome route Map by Meilan Solly / Based on data from The ...
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The True Story Of Balto, The Husky That Helped Save An Entire Alaskan Town From Certain Death
With the only cure hundreds of miles away, it seemed that the town was in danger of being decimated — until a dog named Balto ... of Nome had no recourse to treat the illness and travel had ...
Alaska Dispatch News12d
On the centennial of the Nome Serum Run, the story of the sordid aftermath for its 2 most famous dogs, Balto and Togo
As of Feb. 2, it has been 100 years since Gunnar Kaasen drove a dog team into Nome with the medicine that saved lives and staved off a potential diphtheria epidemic. Famously, Balto was in the ...
Newsday14d
Mushers and dogs braved a horrific Alaska winter to deliver lifesaving serum 100 years ago
Jonathan Hayes, a Maine resident who has been working to preserve the genetic line of sled dogs driven on the run by famed musher Leonhard Seppala, is recreating the trip. Hayes left Nenana on ...