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The film opens in 1917 Alaska with Leonhard Seppala winning the Sweepstakes Race for the third time in a row. However, things change for Leonhard when his wife Kiana dies after giving birth to their daughter Sigrid, leaving everything up to him. In 1925, in Nome, Alaska a child begins to cough during a ceremony in the village church. This ...
Togo is a 2019 American historical adventure film directed by Ericson Core and produced by Walt Disney Pictures.The film centers on Leonhard Seppala and his titular sled dog in the 1925 serum run to Nome to transport diphtheria antitoxin serum through harsh conditions during an epidemic of diphtheria. [3]
Map of the historical and current Iditarod trails; the route taken during the 1925 serum run is shown in green.. The 1925 serum run to Nome, also known as the Great Race of Mercy and The Serum Run, was a transport of diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled relay across the US territory of Alaska by 20 mushers and about 150 sled dogs across 674 miles (1,085 km) in 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 days, saving the small ...
Based on the same real-life story that inspired the 1995 animated feature “Balto” and Disney’s forthcoming “Togo” (and sliding into theaters not long before another sled-dog tale, the ...
Iron Will is a 1994 American adventure film.It is based on the true story of the 1917 dog-sled race from Winnipeg, Manitoba to Saint Paul, Minnesota, a 522 mi (840 km)-long stretch and part of the "Red River-St. Paul Sports Carnival Derby."
The iconic Iditarod sled dog race, known for its roughly 1,000-mile challenging trek across Alaska, faced a somber moment this past weekend as two dogs tragically lost their lives. This ...
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 ...
The Iditarod Trail Dog Sled Race takes human-and-dog teams across 1,000 miles (1,609 kilometers) of wilderness on a trail that traverses two mountain ranges, the Yukon River and a slice of the ...