| Balto coffee mug , detailing the urgent telegraph message of a diphtheria epidemic. This prompted an unconventional delivery of serum to save the children of Nome, Alaska. A handsome depiction of Balto and a line drawing of the treacherous route taken through Alaska from Nenana to Nome is detailed. This run became known as the precursor to the famed Iditarod Run that takes place in Alaska every March. |