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Togo (1913 – December 5, 1929) was the lead sled dog of musher Leonhard Seppala and his dog sled team in the 1925 serum run to Nome across central and northern Alaska.Despite covering a far greater distance than any other lead dogs on the run, over some of the most dangerous parts of the trail, his role was left out of contemporary news of the event at the time, in favor of the lead dog for ...
Leonhard Seppala with his dogs after the serum run in 1925. His lead dog, Togo, on the far left. Leonhard Seppala and his dog sled team, with his lead dog Togo, travelled 91 miles (146 km) from Nome from January 27 to January 31 into the oncoming storm. They took the shortcut across the Norton Sound, and headed toward Shaktoolik.
Leonhard "Sepp" Seppala (/ ˈ l ɛ n ər d ˈ s ɛ p ə l ə /; September 14, 1877 – January 28, 1967) was a Norwegian-Kven-American sled dog breeder, trainer and musher who with his dogs played a pivotal role in the 1925 serum run to Nome, [1] and participated in the 1932 Winter Olympics.
Togo the sled dog helped to prevent an epidemic by transporting a life-saving serum to the people of Nome, Alaska Disney+'s Togo is the Untold Story of One of History's Most Heroic Dogs Skip to ...
In real life, Seppala openly voiced his disapproval of the dog hero mix-up. In addition, the film depicts Seppala's sled team as being composed of 11 dogs, with Togo as the only lead dog. In real life, Togo was sometimes assisted in leading by a half-brother named Fritz. [13] Also, in the film, Gunnar Kaasen's team is composed of only 10 dogs.
Togo was the lead sled dog of Leonhard Seppala and his dog sled team in the 1925 serum run to Nome across central and northern Alaska. Seppala considered Togo to be the greatest sled dog and lead dog of his mushing career, and of that age in Alaska, stating in 1960: "I never had a better dog than Togo.
Also, both the film and real events portray Togo as Leonhard's favorite lead dog. Balto and Togo are portrayed differently in the film than in real life. In the film, Togo is a gray-and-white Siberian husky and Balto is a large black-and-white Alaskan Malamute.
The dog sled team of Leonhard Seppala with lead dog Togo ran the longest and most perilous leg of the serum run, through the dark across the dangerous ice of Norton Sound. [70] Died: George Washington Cable, 80, American novelist