Pam Flowers / Bob Thomas
Featured guests on the episode: a) Pam Flowers is a sled-dog musher, children's book author, and Iditarod competitor who authors works on Togo and Leonhard; b) Bob Thomas is an amateur historian and husky expert who authored a book on Leonard Seppala and provides historical context about the serum run.
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Jan 26, 2026 • 37min
The Dogs Who Saved Nome, Alaska
Pam Flowers, sled-dog musher and children’s author, and Bob Thomas, historian and husky expert, revisit the 1925 serum run to Nome. They recount the desperate relay across brutal Arctic terrain. Stories highlight Togo and Leonhard Seppala’s perilous leadership, the stormy Norton Sound crossing, and how dog teams triumphed when every minute mattered.
