There have been four movies about the 1925 serum run. The short film Balto’s Race to Nome came out just a few months after the run and starred Balto as himself.

Celebrate the heroic 1925 'Great Race of Mercy' as Nome honors its saviors, the sled dogs and mushers, who delivered life-saving serum through harsh conditions. 77° Make wishtv.com your home page ...

On Feb. 2, 1925, Balto led Kaasen’s team into Nome with the diphtheria serum. Kaasen, Seppala, and Togo suddenly became celebrities, but none were more famous than Balto.

Nome, western Alaska’s largest community, had about 1,400 residents a century ago. Its most recent supply ship had arrived the previous fall, before the Bering Sea froze, without any doses of ...

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 ...

Nome is remembering the sled dogs and mushers who raced hundreds of miles to deliver its cure. Events celebrating the serum run centennial are being celebrated throughout Alaska and elsewhere.

The two-man expedition will honor the the 1925 Serum Run — a mission to deliver life-saving medication to Nome, Alaska via dogsled.

FILE - Gunnar Kaasen poses with his original dog team, including his lead dog Balto, top row, second left, in 1925, which he drove through a blinding blizzard to deliver life-saving serum, in Nome ...

There have been four movies about the 1925 serum run. The short film Balto’s Race to Nome came out just a few months after ...

Nome is remembering the sled dogs and mushers who raced hundreds of miles to deliver its cure. Events celebrating the serum run centennial are being celebrated throughout Alaska and elsewhere.