On this day in 1925, amid an encroaching epidemic of diphtheria, a team of 20 mushers and about 150 sled dogs made the 674-mile trek across Alaska to deliver an antitoxin to the small town of Nome ...

also known as the Great Race of Mercy, to deliver life-saving medication to the Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome. The town was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and ...

Last week marked the 100 th anniversary of the Great Serum Run, aka the Great Race of Mercy. The legendary race immortalized a dog named Balto, who pulled a sled into Nome, Alaska, saving a town ...

According to historical accounts, the so-called Great Race of Mercy traversed 674 miles of rugged terrain in less than six days. | Uncredited ...

The race itself commemorates a historic event known as the Great Race of Mercy. In the winter of 1925, some 20 mushers and 150 sled dogs raced 1,085km from Anchorage in the south to Nome ...