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 ...

A map of the 1925 Serum Run to Nome route Map by Meilan Solly / Based on data from The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race Against an Epidemic.

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, ...

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 ...