When Nome needed serum

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Dog teams had to be used to fetch and transport diphtheria serum from Nulato to Nome in Alaska in 1925. As a result of the efforts of the dogs, a likely epidemic in the town of Nome, which previously suffered from an influenza epidemic, was prevented.

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Men of iron, dogs of speed

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The All Alaska Sweepstakes was a 408-mile dog race through bleak terrain and often bad weather from Nome to Candle and back, running each year from 1908 to 1916. Details of some of the races are presented.

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Bearing: north

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A sled team consisting of three dogs and one leader took 19 days to reach the Magnetic North Pole from 325 miles away. The story of the journey and the courage of the dogs is related.

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