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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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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 ...
Alaska Dispatch News10d
On the centennial of the Nome Serum Run, the story of the sordid aftermath for its 2 most famous dogs, Balto and Togo
Balto and a portion of the team were confined to the back room Los Angeles dime museum before they were purchased by a ...
Mushers, dogs braved harsh Alaska winter to deliver life-saving serum 100 years ago
Nome, Alaska, remembers its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for more than five days through hypothermia, ...
Smithsonian Magazine16d
This Heroic Dog Raced Across the Frozen Alaskan Wilderness to Deliver Life-Saving Medicine—but His Contributions Were Long Overlooked
with an uncanny ability to lead a sled-dog team in harsh conditions. According to Seppala, Togo was “a spoiled pup and hard to handle,” though he soon showed signs of being a “natural-born ...
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Mushers, dogs braved harsh Alaska winter to deliver life-saving serum 100 years ago
His team, led by his dog Togo, traveled more than 250 miles of the ... Park and one in Anchorage intended as a tribute to all sled dogs. He received a bone-shaped key to the city of Los Angeles ...