The Story of Nobe and Nobe Serum

Sapala set off with his dogs, harnessing more than he needed so he could leave some at road houses along the way. His plannd route was around 315 miles each way, and it included one of the most dangerous parts of the route - the norh norton sound. Sapala had to cross over this twice, once in each direction. While all this was happening, things in nome got a lot worse. The the disease was just spreading really quickly. One of the new cases was someone who had been working in a neighboring town shortly before she developed symptoms. So doctor welch was terrified that the outbreak was going to spread beyond nome and into an outlying community