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Mushers and dogs braved a horrific Alaska winter to deliver lifesaving serum 100 years ago
There were no roads or trains that reached Nome. Instead, officials shipped the serum by rail to Nenana in interior Alaska, ...
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Mushers, dogs braved harsh Alaska winter to deliver life-saving serum 100 years ago
Nome, Alaska, remembers its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for more than five days through hypothermia, ...
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Mushers and dogs braved a horrific Alaska winter to deliver lifesaving serum 100 years ago
There were no roads or trains that reached Nome. Instead, officials shipped the serum by rail to Nenana in interior Alaska, some 675 miles from Nome via the frozen Yukon River and mail trails.