The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome was hundreds of miles from anywhere and under siege from a contagious disease known as the ...
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This Heroic Dog Raced Across the Frozen Alaskan Wilderness to Deliver Life-Saving Medicine—but His Contributions Were Long OverlookedThe temperature hovered around freezing in New York’s Central Park on December 15, 1925. Clad in a thick fur coat, Alaskan ...
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The Alaskan hero dogs who prevented a diphtheria epidemic in 1925One hundred years ago an outbreak of the deadly disease in the Alaskan outpost of Nome caught the world’s attention.
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On Feb. 2, 1925, the legendary Alaska Serum Run ended as the last of a series of dog mushers brought life-saving medication ...
Throughout its rich history in Alaska, the tradition of mushing has changed with the times and shifted to adapt to a changing ...
While some changes in mushing come from development in the sport, others have been forced by a changing climate. One part of ...
Nome, Alaska, remembers its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for more than five days through hypothermia, ...
Instead, officials shipped the serum by rail to Nenana in interior Alaska, some 675 miles from Nome via the frozen Yukon River and mail trails. FILE – Leonhard Seppala and his sled dog team are ...
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