Twenty mushers and 150 dogs took turns carrying a 20-pound package of life-saving serum. Here’s how they completed this ...

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News-Tribune, March 15, 1925 Stirred by the recent race of huskies carrying serum across Alaska to Nome, Northland old-timers recall when dog teams were used here as well. One team made regular ...

Plus, it’s the 100-year anniversary of the 1925 serum run to Nome, when sled dog teams relayed antitoxin from Nenana to Nome to combat a diphtheria outbreak.

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FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, also known as "The Last Great Race," is now scheduled to run from Fairbanks to Nome, moving it closer to its ...

A 20-pound cylinder of diphtheria serum traveled via the Alaska Railroad from Seward to Nenana, and it was there that the serum began its grueling trip to Nome with the help of 20 mushers and more ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, also known as "The Last Great Race," is now scheduled to run from Fairbanks to Nome, moving it closer to its ...

The serum run’s 100th anniversary had been on their minds for a while. They had hoped to mush the historic 674-mile run from Nenana to Nome, but settled for the simpler and shorter out-and-back ...

FAIRBANKS, Alaska, Feb. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2025 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, also known as "The Last Great Race," is now scheduled to run from Fairbanks to Nome, moving it closer to its ...

Among the events celebrating the centennial of the 1925 “Great Race of Mercy” are lectures, a dog-food drive and a reenactment of the final leg of the relay, all organized by the Nome Kennel Club.