In 1925, dog sled teams faced extreme subzero temperatures, whiteout conditions, and hurricane-force winds to deliver medicine to sick children in the remote mining town of Nome, Alaska. This feat of interspecies heroism would become one of the most harrowing rescue attempts in American history.
Music:
- Etude by Joep Beving
- Prelude for Piano and Malaria by Worrytrain
- Born Unto Trouble by Bill Elm & Woody Jackson
- Suicide by Marc Streitenfeld
- The Diary by Dexter Britain
- Writing the Letter by Marc Streitenfeld
- In Threes by Loscil
- Labyrinthine by Julianna Barwick
- A Softer world by Luke Howard
- The Evil The Never Arrived by Stars of the Lid
- Opening by Nathaniel Bartlett
- At the Beach by David Wingo
- Lale’s Theme by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
- I Will Be Back One Day (Instrumental) by Lord Huron
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