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Meet Togo, The Brave Sled Dog Who Led His Team Through The Longest Leg Of The 1925 Nome Serum Run
Most people think of Balto as the heroic dog who saved the town of Nome, Alaska, from an outbreak of diphtheria in 1925, but Togo the Siberian husky was the head of the sled dog team that ran 260 ...
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This Heroic Dog Raced Across the Frozen Alaskan Wilderness to Deliver Life-Saving Medicine—but His Contributions Were Long Overlooked
Clad in a thick fur coat, Alaskan sled-dog musher ... of a bronze statue heralding Balto’s life-saving actions ten months earlier. In the winter of 1925, Balto was part of a team that braved ...
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100 Years Later: Remembering the incredible sled dogs and mushers of Alaska’s 1925 serum run
A century ago, a team of determined mushers and their sled dogs embarked on a perilous journey to deliver life-saving ...