Badass women, the Anchorage Daily News called the first two ladies to win the Iditarod. Libby Riddles did it first—in 1985. Her victory inspired a famous tee shirt that read “Alaska: Where Men are Men and Women Win the Iditarod”. Sled Dogs Rescued Nome In 1986 the other badass woman, Susan Butcher won, and Susan …
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Balto
Balto and his team waited anxiously with driver Gunnar Kaasen to carry the desperately needed serum over the second to last leg of the relay to Nome while Leonhard Seppala, the heroic Toga, and his team arrived on the northern coast of Norton Sound just ahead of the ice breaking up behind them. Seppala handed …