It's Amazing Anyone Survived the 1925 Nome Serum Run

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January 1925 was a scary time to be alive in the remote Alaskan town of Nome. An outbreak of diphtheria had quickly killed two small children, and an untold number would follow if the local doctor couldn't get his hands on a particular antitoxin. The US government had an emergency supply in Anchorage, but getting it to Nome would require a thousand-kilometer journey through blisteringly cold temperatures and the occasional blizzard... and the only viable travel method was a sled pulled by a team of dogs. Lucky for everyone, those sled dogs (and their human mushers) were very good at what they do. Hosted by: Maya Higa ---------- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going! https://www.patreon.com/scishow Or support us directly: https://complexly.com/support Join our SciShow email list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Eric Jensen, Garrett Galloway, Jp Lynch, Toyas Dhake, Lyndsay Brown, Friso, Cye Stoner, Chris Mackey, Jeremy Mattern, Matt Curls, Chris Curry, Fahmy Issa, Reed Spilmann, David Johnston, J.V. Rosenbalm, Jaap Westera, Blood Doctor Kelly, Adam Brainard, Bethany Matthews, Piya Shedden, Jason A Saslow, Joseph Ruf, Kevin Bealer, Kevin Knupp, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Steve Gums ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/scishow.bsky.social #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRzxWBlDnwAxyrzw3I51QedWUrUycT6dcSQAkyJ9LEBOKEjgno-e1lMyinbRKTxU8m6iZOYJ5EM1GNM/pub