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Tag Archives: Port Safety Roadhouse
Leonhard Seppala’s Serum Run
The 1925 serum run to Nome, also known as the Great Race of Mercy, was a 675 mile dog team relay of diphtheria antitoxin across the U.S. territory of Alaska, accomplished by 20 mushers and about 150 sled dogs in … Continue reading
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