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This Heroic Dog Raced Across the Frozen Alaskan Wilderness to Deliver Life-Saving Medicine—but His Contributions Were Long Overlooked
The 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 1925
Alaska’s first winter flight had been ... “It was almost more than I could bear when the ‘newspaper’ dog Balto received a statue for his glorious achievements,” wrote Seppala, who ...
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Mushers and dogs braved a horrific Alaska winter to deliver lifesaving serum 100 years ago
as 20 mushers — many of them Alaska Natives — with more than 150 dogs relayed the serum to Nome. They battled deep snow, whiteouts so severe they couldn’t see the dogs in front of them ...
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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 ... “It was almost more than I could bear when the ‘newspaper’ dog Balto received a statue for his ‘glorious achievements.’” ...