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Welch immediately notified the town council of the impending danger. A fatal epidemic was at hand, and they could only survive by getting hold of the diphtheria antitoxin. The hospital’s batch of the serum had expired, and their only hope was to receive a new batch.
Nome is naturally an isolated region, but by the early 20th century, it was even more inaccessible during the winter as the town’s seaport became closed by ice. Nome’s only connection to the rest of the world during this period was the Iditarod Trail, which could only be crossed in time by a daring combination of man and beast: dog sled teams.
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