Iditarod Trail, 1925: The Serum Run (Part VI)
Togo Leonhard Seppala had gambled with the crossing of Norton Sound and won. He had crossed during the daylight hours […]
Togo Leonhard Seppala had gambled with the crossing of Norton Sound and won. He had crossed during the daylight hours […]
Half an hour after Charlie Evans and his dead lead dogs had arrived in Nulato, the serum was thawed and
Newspapers had picked up the story of the epidemic early. As the tone of the telegrams between Nome and the
Leonhard Seppala and His Lead Dog, Togo Getting the diphtheria antitoxin to Nome the fastest way possible was paramount. The
Diphtheria has now been largely eradicated in developed countries. In the US, for example, preschool children typically receive multiple doses
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