While Balto finished the run, it was Togo the dog who led his sled team through the longest stretch of the journey — more than 260 miles in just three days. Balto has always been regarded as a ...

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 ...

A century ago, a team of determined mushers and their sled dogs embarked on a perilous journey to deliver life-saving diphtheria serum to the town of Nome, facing extreme weather and treacherous ...

Good Alaskans also know that Togo was the lead dog for the serum run’s longest ... was disgusted by the sight of Balto and his team chained to a sled inside a cage. Right away, he offered ...

Nome, Alaska, remembers its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for more than five days through hypothermia, ...

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 ...