Nome, Alaska, remembers its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for more than five days through hypothermia, ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 2, 1925, the legendary Alaska Serum ...

Now, 100 years later ... as unsuited for the weather. There were no roads or trains that reached Nome. Instead, officials shipped the serum by rail to Nenana in interior Alaska, about 675 miles ...

The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome was hundreds of miles from anywhere and under siege from a contagious disease known as the ...

The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome was hundreds ... angel” for the way it suffocated children. Now, 100 years later, Nome is remembering its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced ...