In 1925 the people of Nome Alaska were under threat of a diphtheria epidemic...the closest serum had been shipped by train from Anchorage to Nenana...some 483 miles away. The only plane that would have been able to make the trip was unable to due to horrific weather conditions, and a temp so cold they couldn't thaw out the engine. It was decided that mushers and their teams would relay the life saving medicine across the frozen north in hopes that it would reach the children of Nome in time. More than 20 mushers and teams took part in the heroic journey. One courageous Siberian husky (lead dog for Musher Gunner Kaasen), Balto became legendary due to his efforts to carry the medicine to Nome along with his team... they made it through with Balto never straying from the trail even in whiteout conditions.
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