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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.
Aug 27, 2021 · While the lead dog of the 53-mile final leg, Balto, would become famous for his role in the run, many argue that it was Seppala and his Siberian Husky lead dog, Togo, who were the true...
Dec 13, 2019 · Leonhard Seppala and his sled dog team led by Togo spent three days traveling 170 miles from Nome to Shaktoolik to pick up the diphtheria serum on January 31, 1925. The true story behind Togo reveals that the temperature was approximately −30 °F with gale force winds making it feel like −85 °F.
Mar 2, 2020 · Leonhard Seppala, already a dog racing legend, set out to retrieve the serum from Nenana. His beloved Togo, a husky named for a Japanese admiral, was in his typical lead position.
Leonhard " Sepp " Seppala ( / ˈlɛnərd ˈsɛpələ /; 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 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]
May 18, 2020 · By the time the diphtheria outbreak struck, Seppala was now famous across Alaska as a musher, known as the “king of the trail”—with the wily, diminutive Togo his equally venerated lead dog.
In the heart of Alaska’s rugged wilderness, amidst the howling winds and swirling snow, there lived a remarkable canine whose name would echo through the annals of history: Togo. Born in 1913 to...
Mar 10, 2014 · Seppala’s lead dog, 12-year-old Siberian Husky Togo, had logged tens of thousands of miles, but none as important as these. Togo and his 19 fellow dogs struggled for traction on Norton...
Togo was a smart and determined Siberian Husky owned by Leonhard Seppala, who said he was the best dog that ever traveled the Alaska trail.
