The Serum Run and the Iditerod

The serum was actually frozen when it arrived, but after being thawed out, it fortunately worked. Doctor welch and his nurses started giving the serum to the sick patients. Balto's heroic run into nome became famous. Both dogs eventually did die of old age. And togo was actually already 12 years old when he ran the serum run. Dog sled racing was really well established in alaska even before the serum run took place. This was a pastime that already existed, and not something that came about because the seremut had happened.