On the 20th of that month, Dr. Welch
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a Sick boy, Billy, and knew he had diphtheria, a deadly infectious (传染的) disease mainly affecting children. The children of Nome would be
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if it struck the town. Dr. Welch needed medicine as soon as possible to stop other kids from getting sick.
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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`t come by ship. Cars and horses couldn`t travel on the
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roads. Jet airplanes and big trucks didn`t exist yet.
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January 26, Billy and three other children had died. Twenty 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, dogsled (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.
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