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　　, the closest supply was over 1,000 miles away, in Anchorage.

　　How could the medicine get to Nome? The town`s

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　　was already full of ice, so it couldn抰 come by ship. Cars and horses couldn抰 travel on the

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　　roads. Jet airplanes and big trucks didn抰 exist yet.

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　　January 26, Billy and three other children had died.oul Twemty more were

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　　. Nome`s town officials came up with a(n)

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　　. They would have the medicine sent by

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　　from Anchorage to Nenana. From there, dogeled(狗拉雪橇) drivers—known as “mushers”—would

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　　it to Nome in a relay(接力).

　　The race began on January 27. The first musher, Shannon, picked up the medicine from the train at Nenana and rode all night.

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　　he handed the medicine to the next musher, Shannon`s face was black from the extreme cold.

　　On January 31, a musher named Seppala had to

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　　a frozen body of water called Norton Sound .It was the most

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　　part of the journey. Norton Sound was covered with ice,which could sometimes break up without warning.If that happened,Seppala might fall into the icy water below.He would

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