Mushers and dogs braved a horrific Alaska winter to deliver lifesaving serum 100 years ago
Now, 100 years later, Nome is remembering its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for more than five days through ...
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This Heroic Dog Raced Across the Frozen Alaskan Wilderness to Deliver Life-Saving Medicine—but His Contributions Were Long Overlooked
Clad in a thick fur coat, Alaskan sled-dog musher Gunnar Kaasen stood next to the hero of the moment: Balto, a Siberian husky who’d helped deliver medicine across a frozen frontier to halt a ...