Smithsonian Magazine18d
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 ...
Fort Morgan Times14d
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 ...
Omaha.com12d
Mushers, dogs braved harsh Alaska winter to deliver life-saving serum 100 years ago
A statue in New York's Central Park, shown in December 1947, was erected to honor Balto and other dogs that pulled mushers and their diphtheria serum-bearing sleds to Nome, Alaska, through a ...