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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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This Heroic Dog Raced Across the Frozen Alaskan Wilderness to Deliver Life-Saving Medicine—but His Contributions Were Long Overlooked
Togo, not Balto, was the driving force behind the 1925 Serum Run to Nome, which found teams of mushers and sled dogs delivering antitoxin to children suffering from diphtheria David Kindy ...
Down East Magazine2y
Honoring Togo’s Legacy, a Maine Musher Sets His Sights on the Iditarod
Where, this fall, you and she watched the unveiling of the Togo statue your expedition helped support. So I’m not a racer, really, but more of an adventurer at heart. You know, I love winter camping, ...
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, ...
Psychology Today23d
What the Nome Serum Run Dogs Say About Canine Sentience
The sled dogs of Nome were Siberian huskies ... it was surely Seppala's lead dog Togo. Whilst Kaasen and his team made a 53-mile dash into Nome, Seppala clocked up 265 miles, having to cross ...