What is 1925 serum run to Nome?
[[File:Iditarod Trail BLM map.jpg|thumb|The route of the serum run is shown in green]] [[File:View of Nome, Alaska with snow on ground.jpg|thumb|A picture of Nome, of 1916]] [[File:Gunnar Kaasen with Balto.jpg|thumb|Gunnar Kaasen with Balto, 1925. Balto was the lead dog for the last 50 miles of the trip.]] The '''1925 serum run to Nome''' was when [[dog sled]] teams transported medicine to the sick children of [[Nome, Alaska|Nome]]. It is also called the '''Great Race of Mercy '''and '''The Serum Run'''. [[Leonhard Seppala]] and his dog [[Togo (dog)|Togo]] travelled the longest and most dangerous part of the journey.<ref>{{Cite web |title= Togo - A Capsule History |url= https://www.baltostruestory.net/togo.htm |website= Balto’s True Story |language= en-US |access-date= 2021-12-24 |archive-date= 2021-12-24 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211224204208/https://www.baltostruestory.net/togo.htm |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/news/togo-siberian-husky-sled-dog-hero-of-1925/ |title= The True Story of Togo: Siberian Husky Sled Dog Hero of 1925 Nome Serum Run |last=Hank |first=Will |date=2020 |website=American Kennel Club}}</ref> But a musher named [[Gunnar Kaasen]] and [[Balto]] became the most famous because they did the last part.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Steinmetz|first=Katy|date=2011-03-21|title=Top 10 Heroic Animals - TIME|language=en-US|work=Time|url=http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2059858_2059863_2060458,00.html|access-date=2020-11-24|issn=0040-781X}}</ref> An [[epidemic]] of [[diphtheria]] started in Nome, Alaska. It threatened the lives of many, mostly children. The medicine to treat the disease was called diphtheria [[antitoxin]]. Doctor Curtis Welch only had a supply of expired medicine. He had ordered more medicine in [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]], but it did not arrive before the [[Bering Sea]] froze. Shortly after the last ship had left Nome before winter, a native American girl from the nearby village, Holy Cross, showe