This is Togo.
He’s the lesser-known sled dog who helped save an entire Alaskan town in 1925.
Alaska was swept with a deadly sickness called diphtheria.
It badly threatened over 10,000 people in Nome.
They urgently needed medicine called antitoxin to save them.
The mission was to deliver the cure through the coldest and most dangerous paths about a distance of 1120 miles (1800 kilometres) within five days.
However, the dog that did the most challenging part of the work was Togo, who crossed the longest distance of 260 miles (418 kilometres).
This is the story of a real-life superhero dog…
You must be logged in to post a comment.