Great+Serum+Race

Post questions here:


 * Q. ** What epidemic broke out in Nome, Alaska, in 1925?
 * // A. //**// A diphtheria epidemic. //


 * Q. ** Why did the sled teams travel mostly during hours of darkness?
 * // A. //**// The epidemic broke out in January, and there are very few hours of daylight in Alaska during the winter. //

// the sooner the serum reached Nome, the more lives would be saved. //
 * Q. ** Why did Leonhard Seppala take his sled team across the frozen bay?
 * // A. //**// Seppala risked the trip across the bay because it was shorter and faster- or – //