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"In January 1925, many people in Nome, Alaska, and the surrounding area were sick and dying from an outbreak of diphtheria. A supply of medicine was found but there was one problem--it was hundreds of miles away. The only way to get it to Nome was by dogsled. Ride along with the heroic sled dog Togo and his owner, Leonhard Sepalla, as they make a dangerous journey across Alaska's unforgiving wilderness to deliver lifesaving medicine to the people of Nome"--Provided by publisher.

Recounts how the sled dog Balto saved Nome, Alaska, in 1925 from a diphtheria epidemic by delivering medicine through a raging snowstorm.

"In 1925, disaster struck the small town of Nome, Alaska. When a deadly epidemic begins affecting the children of Nome, their only hope is to relay life-saving medicine over 650 miles of snow-covered trails using teams of sled dogs. Across the long journey, one dog overcame nearly impossible odds to become a hero"--Provided by publisher.

The story of the heroic role played by sled dogs, including the Siberian husky Togo, in the delivery of antitoxin serum to those stricken with diphtheria in 1925 Nome. Includes historical notes about the event as well as about the Iditarod Sled Dog Race which commemorates it.

Recounts the life of Balto, the sled dog who saved Nome, Alaska in 1925 from a diphtheria epidemic by delivering medicine through a raging snowstorm.

Explores the true story of Balto the sled dog and his musher, Gunnar Kaasen, who raced through an Alaska blizzard on their sled to bring medicine to children in Nome.

Recounts how sled dogs raced over 674 miles to pick up diphtheria serum to save lives in Nome, Alaska in 1925, and they ran over rivers, up mountains, and over ice in sixty degrees below zero weather.

Describes the field trip of eleven Cub Scouts from Alaska to Provideniya, a small town in the Soviet Far East.

A fictionalized account of the life of Balto, who led the final relay team carrying life-giving diphtheria serum into epidemic-torn Nome in 1925.

Tells the story of the Serum Run, a relay of dog sleds and drivers that was organized to traverse nearly seven hundred miles in temperatures far below zero in a desperate quest to acquire serum to treat a deadly outbreak of diphtheria in Nome, Alaska in 1925.