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 · The 1925 Nome Serum Run saved thousands of Alaskans from diphtheria. Balto became famous, but the unsung hero was Leonhard Seppala's Siberian Husky, Togo.

Jan 22, 2025 · Most people think of Balto as the heroic dog who saved the town of Nome, Alaska, from an outbreak of diphtheria in 1925, but Togo the Siberian husky was the head of the sled dog team that ran 260 miles in frigid blizzard conditions to help deliver the antitoxin.

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. When Seppala...

Named after Heihachiro Togo, a Japanese Admiral who fought in the war between Russia and Japan (1904-05), Togo was the lead sled dog of Leonhard Seppala. Seppala was a Norwegian breeder and racer of Siberian huskies from the Chukchi Inuit stock of Siberia.

Dec 17, 2017 · Named after Heihachiro Togo, a Japanese Admiral who fought in the war between Russia and Japan (1904-5) as well as other conflicts.

Alaskan-born Siberian Husky, Togo, was an international hero, famous for guiding his sled team to Nome with vaccines that saved the town’s children from deadly diphtheria. Learn about Togo’s life, and how he came to live in Maine.

Oct 2, 2021 · TOGO – THE HUSKY. A Siberian Husky puppy named Togo was born in a Seppala’s husky brood back in 1913. He was much smaller and thinner than all the other puppies in the brood, so the breeder was worried about would he survive at …

Apr 27, 2023 · Togo was a Siberian Husky that had a black, white, and grey coat. He appeared to be dirty, and his owner, Leonhard Seppala, didn’t have much hope for him when the dog was born. The puppy was always sick and was constantly up to no good. His misfit character got him in trouble wherever he went.

Togo's final journey -- marked by his arrival at the Iditarod museum -- had lasted for more than 57 years. He had returned to his homeland of Alaska and also to the same area where Leonhard Seppala had been laid to rest.