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Balto and the 1925 relay that carried diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska.

Historical background

With diphtheria threatening Nome in the winter of 1925, sled teams carried antitoxin west from the railhead at Nenana. The relay crossed hundreds of miles of snow and ice in difficult conditions.

Balto led Gunnar Kaasen’s team on the final leg into Nome. Leonhard Seppala and his lead dog Togo covered a demanding earlier stretch. The medicine reached Nome through the combined work of the relay teams.

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