Togo was the perfect dog to meet the serum run challenge. Born in 1913, the Siberian husky was small, weighing less than 50 pounds, but he was strong and determined, with an uncanny ability to ...
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 ...
The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and under siege from a ...
Hayes left Nenana on Monday with 16 Seppala Siberian sled dogs ... His team, led by his dog Togo, traveled more than 250 miles of the relay, including a treacherous stretch across frozen Norton ...
Other communities are also marking the anniversary — including the village of Nenana, where the relay began, and Cleveland, Ohio, where the serum run’s most famous participant, a husky mix ...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome faced a bleak winter. It was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and unrelenting blizzards, and under siege from a ...
His team, led by his dog Togo, traveled more than 250 miles (320 kilometers) of the relay, including a treacherous stretch across frozen Norton Sound. After about 5 1/2 days, the serum reached its ...