March 8, 2018 By Jeff Goodson
In the winter of 1925, a deadly diphtheria epidemic hit the isolated town of Nome, on Alaska's far northwest coast. Diphtheria killed entire towns in those days, and some 10,000 people were in real mortal danger.
The antitoxin on hand had long expired, but it was administered anyway to save the life of a young girl. When it failed, the only doctor in Nome sent out an urgent plea by radio for help. Fresh antitoxin was found in Anchorage and rushed by rail the 300 miles to Nenana.
From there, over six days in January, twenty dogsled teams carried the serum 674 miles to Nome in temperatures as low as -85 degrees Fahrenheit. It arrived just in time, and it limited deaths there to just a handful.
Today, the Alaskan Iditarod – "The Last Great Race on Earth" – commemorates the 1925 race against time and the heroic dogsled teams that accomplished theepic feat.
Begun in 1973, the Iditarod (pronounced eye-DIT-ah-rod) has joined the Kentucky Derby and Indy 500 as one of America's most iconic racing events. This is rarified air territory, as quintessentially American as Steve McQueen, the '57 Chevy, and Route 66................Read more
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