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10 Things You Need to Know About the 1925 Serum Run to Nome, Alaska
At the start of 1925, the small isolated city of Nome ... When Alaska’s population started growing thanks to the gold rush at the end of the 19th century, a network of roadhouses was built ...
US investigators say Alaska plane was overweight for icy conditions in crash that killed 10
A commuter plane that crashed on sea ice off Alaska, killing all 10 people on board, was half a ton overweight for the ...
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32 years ago, a blizzard that made history
The Storm of the Century was a powerful cyclone that brought record-breaking snow, strong winds, severe weather and devastation across the entire East Coast. The storm first developed as a low ...
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NTSB: Bering Air plane was overloaded prior to crash near Nome, Alaska, that killed 10
The Bering Air flight that crashed near Nome last month, killing the pilot and all nine passengers, was more than 1,000 pounds too heavy for the icy weather it was flying into, acc ...
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Balto would be proud: Musher re-enacts lifesaving serum run to Nome 100 years later
ANCHORAGE, Alaska ... run to Nome — dogs like Balto and Togo. This year is the 100th anniversary of the dog mushing relay that carried the diphtheria serum to Nome during a raging storm.
‘Storm of the Century’: March 12 marks 32nd anniversary of deadly winter storm that hammered Atlantic coast
On March 12, 1993, the “Storm of the Century” hit the Atlantic Coast. Also known as the Blizzard of ‘93, the storm dropped snow as far south as parts of Louisiana and Mississippi to ...