Recounts how the sled dog Balto saved Nome, Alaska, in 1925 from a diphtheria epidemic by delivering medicine through a raging snowstorm.

Details the story of Balto, a sled dog that led a team carrying diphtheria medicine to an isolated Nome, Alaska

Recounts how Balto the sled dog became a hero when he led the last team of a relay that brought diphtheria vaccine to Nome, Alaska, and describes what happened after he became famous and then was later forgotten.

"In 1925, disaster struck the small town of Nome, Alaska. When a deadly epidemic begins affecting the children of Nome, their only hope is to relay life-saving medicine over 650 miles of snow-covered trails using teams of sled dogs. Across the long journey, one dog overcame nearly impossible odds to become a hero"--