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Mushers and dogs braved a horrific Alaska winter to deliver lifesaving serum 100 years ago
Now, 100 years later, Nome is remembering its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for more than five days through hypothermia, frostbite, gale-force winds and blinding whiteouts to deliver ...
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Mushers and dogs braved a horrific Alaska winter to deliver lifesaving serum 100 years ago
where legendary movie actress Mary Pickford placed a wreath around his neck. FILE – The statue erected to honor “Balto” and other heroic sled dogs who carried serum to Nome, Alaska ...
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No survivors in Bering Air plane crash near Nome with 10 on board
Clint Johnson, the National Transportation Safety Board’s Alaska chief, said numerous NTSB personnel were headed to Nome Friday ... the evening with pizza and movies, according to Kelsi ...
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Mushers and dogs braved a horrific Alaska winter to deliver lifesaving serum 100 years ago
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome faced a bleak winter ... Balto was immortalized in movies and with statues in New York’s Central Park and one in Anchorage intended ...
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U.S Bering Crash: 10 Killed Confirmed As Missing Alaska Plane Wreckage Found On Sea Ice
A Bering Air commuter plane that went missing en route to Nome, Alaska, has been found crashed on sea ice, with all 10 people on board confirmed dead. The Cessna Caravan disappeared on Thursday after ...
10 days with the US Coast Guard on the new Arctic front lines
As new sea passages open up, the commercial and defence possibilities are becoming irresistible. To take advantage, America desperately needs ships ...