Now known as the Great Race of Mercy or the Nome Serum Run of 1925, a dog named Balto led the last leg of the journey — and emerged as a hero. Inside The Nome Serum Run Of 1925 Born around 1919 ...

Next week marks 100 years since the conclusion of the Great Serum Run, also known as the Great Race of Mercy, to deliver life ...

The longest and most arduous leg was anchored by a lesser-known dog named Togo, whose team pulled over 260 miles through blinding snow and wind chills to 85 below zero! At one crucial interval, Togo ...

In the aftermath of this mission of mercy, now known as ... for eventually saving the town is Balto, but he just happened to run the last, 55-mile leg in the race. The sled dog who did the lion ...

Among the events celebrating the centennial of the 1925 “Great Race of Mercy” are lectures ... a husky mix named Balto, is stuffed and displayed at a museum. Jonathan Hayes, a Maine resident ...

Nome, Alaska, remembers its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for more than five days through hypothermia, frostbite, gale-force winds and blinding whiteouts to deliver life-saving serum.

FILE - Gunnar Kaasen and with his dog Balto, the heroic dogsled team leader ... Among the events celebrating the centennial of the 1925 “Great Race of Mercy” are lectures, a dog-food drive and a ...

Gunnar Kaasen and his dog Balto, the heroic dog-sled team leader ... Among the events celebrating the centennial of the 1925 "Great Race of Mercy" are lectures, a dog-food drive and a reenactment ...

FILE - Gunnar Kaasen and with his dog Balto, the heroic dogsled team leader ... Among the events celebrating the centennial of the 1925 “Great Race of Mercy” are lectures, a dog-food drive ...