Nome Serum Run: Race Against Death | The Final Miles | 3
Against The Odds11 Feb 2025

Nome Serum Run: Race Against Death | The Final Miles | 3

With a blizzard gaining force, the Mayor of Nome decides the safest choice is to halt the relay, rather than risk losing lives and the serum itself. But the storm makes it hard to spread the news of the Mayor’s order. Musher Gunnar Kaasen and his unlikely lead dog Balto decide to push ahead, battling whiteout conditions and 80-mile-an-hour gusts in their quest to make it to Nome.

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