I responded by reminding him that Leonhard Seppala often ran as many as 24 dogs on snow and ice! The dog that plays the adult Togo in the movie is a so-called Seppala Siberian named Diesel (the Seppala Siberian is now its own breed) and is actually Togos great-grandson, 14 generations removed, according to the movies director. driver bribed by gamblings interests; at such odds, had the team won the race Seppala tells the story that he won this first race due to the intervention of a raven. All rights reserved. He had forced all of his dogs to push through stormy weather and many of them wound up injured. 1946. Yes. Both are buried in Nome, Alaska. in that drive he had worked his hardest and best. Gunnar Kaasen - Born in Norway in 1882, Kaasen came to Nome in 1904. Free personal GPSdriven travel guide to Alaska. His friend Jafet Lindeberg had returned from Alaska and convinced Seppala to come to work for his mining company in Nome. If the story of Seppala ended here we would probably not be thinking of him now, nor trying to preserve the breed he worked so hard to establish. They called a team of 20 mushers, including Leonhard Seppala. He won the New England race, the Lake Placid Race, and the The darkness and a blizzard also made it impossible for Leonhard Seppala to see where he was going. Disney Wiki is a FANDOM Movies Community. Only a few hours after they had crossed it, the ice broke up altogether and drifted out to sea. fast teams; none of the Nome mushers wanted to accept the challenge. Togo was the true champion of the Serum Run. out driving horses and a wagon (which he had never done), filling a slip Seppala was not yet ready to participate in this, the longest of races. Memorials 68 added (7% photographed). Impressed, Leonhard decided to keep him. While most drivers considered 30 miles (48km) a long run, Seppala travelled between 50 miles (80km) and 100 miles (160km) most days. Eventually Sepp got his chance to go prospecting for the company. He expressed pleasure in the rhythmic patter of the dogs' feet and the feeling of the sled gliding along the snow. father's fishing boat the "Leviathan" at the age of twelve, and People born under this sign are persistent and straightforward. Discover the optimal month due to daylight, temperature, and rain. [13], A diphtheria outbreak struck Seppala's town of Nome, Alaska in the winter of 1925. . rugged life for a child; "Sepp" (as many later called him) grew up (Color/Silent/16mm film). second son of the Earl of Dalhousie. Togo (formally), Togo acting up Seppala married his wife Constance, a Belgian girl who had come to Nome in 1905. Seppala set out from Nome, met the driver carrying the serum Your must-have activity guide + map while in Alaska. Sepp Big ship or small ship? Unfortunately, there was no gold to be found and instead took up training sled dogs. the resort in 1931 she met Kaare Nansen, the son of Norwegian explorer The expedition was ultimately cancelled and Seppala got to keep the dogs. Later, he began racing in the All Alaska Sweepstakes, winning a spot in the annals of sled dog racing history for three wins. Leonhard Seppala Was born 14 Sep 1877 in Skibotn, Troms, Norway. Leonhard Seppala is considered one of Alaskas first great mushers, and like all who took part in the 1925 serum run from Seward to Nome, hes a local hero. The most dangerous part of this trail was the 42-mile shortcut across the sound. CONTENT MAY BE COPYRIGHTED BY WIKITREE COMMUNITY MEMBERS. Diphtheria is a bacterial infection caused by exposure to the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae, often by way of direct contact or through droplets in the air (sneezing or coughing). The debate was taken to the floor of the United States Senate in Washington D.C. Should we give the modern age a chance and risk losing the only serum in the area, or do we send it the slower, but, most reliable way with the dog punchers?. [1] Welch had ordered more diphtheria antitoxin from the health commissioner in Juneau, but the port closed for the winter before the shipment arrived. Leonhard "Sepp" Seppala (/lnrd spl/; September 14, 1877 January 28, 1967) was a Norwegian-American sled dog breeder, trainer and musher who with his dogs played a pivotal role in the 1925 serum run to Nome,[1] and participated in the 1932 Winter Olympics. his dogs, so unbelievable was the performance of the Siberian dog teams Seppala and his wife nursed them for a whole year before he attempted to reenter the Sweepstakes. However, the town's supply was not only insufficient but also of presumably low efficacy, being past its expiry date. He was supply of antiserum via an otherwise impassable route between Nenana and the According to The Cruelest Miles, although Togo was the only puppy in his litter, he was indeed smaller than average, and worse, he had a painful condition that made his throat swell. Undaunted by the massive storm heading their way and against his wife Constance's ( Julianne Nicholson) better judgement, veteran musher Seppala will push Togo and his entire dog sled team to. Yes. This was possibly filmed in Chatanika, Alaska. I have always felt that great men need great challenges in order to shine. As the Salisburys put it, they were considered a part of the landscape.. He and his wife lived in Seattle until his death at the age of 89. He lived in Seattle until his The acquisition in 1931 by Harry R. Wheeler of the three International Dog Derby in Quebec City, setting a new trail record for the It was also the longest by roughly 200 miles. His father was both a blacksmith and a fisherman. In 1913, Seppala and his wife Constance welcome a newborn Siberian Husky puppy to their sledding dog pack in Nome, Alaska. trade and allow him to work as a Master blacksmith. Alaska Airlines has established the Leonhard Seppala Humanitarian Award. [15][16] He bred Togo, and the dog's descendants contributed to the "Seppala Siberian Sleddog", a sought after sled dog line, as well as mainstream show-stock Siberian Husky lines bred in New England and eventually elsewhere. Snowy Owl provided all of the adult sled dogs used in the movie. had constant problems with claim-jumpers and shyster lawyers, all of whom (It was widely rumoured that the team had been interfered with or the One day, Ashley's wife tried to strike Mumbet's sister with a spade. also apprenticed in his father's smithy. Unlike the movie, Leonhard Seppala eventually decided that he wanted Togo to live out the remainder of his life in comfort. The trail between Nulato and Nome was one of Alaskas most hazardous, with most of it running along the windswept, blizzard-prone coast of Norton Sound, known to Alaskans as the ice factory, write the authors of The Cruelest Miles. He crossed Norton Sound without incident. Your donation in any amount will help us continue important preservation work. He then bought a house near Seattle, where many other Norwegians In June 1999, a memorial was . Focus on Denali & Kenai Fjords. Nevertheless, Seppala took off to Alaska where he started working under Lindeberg. It ranged from rough hills of smashed-together ice to slippery "glare ice" polished by the wind, where it was difficult for the dogs to get a foothold. Seppala traveled a total of 261 miles to save the children of Nome. The true story behind Togo confirms that as a result of his relatively small size, illness, and bad behavior as a young puppy, Leonhard Seppala decided that Togo was not sled dog material and gave him away to be a house pet when he was six months old. Lake Placid, NY, in 1932, which was Seppala's last race in the East. In the movie, Togo gets his first break by busting loose and harassing Seppalas harnessed team until Seppala finally gives him a chance run with the big dogs. behind Seppala; in fact, she won the Poland Spring race in 1930, also with Bonzo (Other relay teams involved in the delivery Each year until 1897 he went to the Finnmark The famous serum run he took part in is commemorated yearly in Alaska with the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race, formerly the Iditarod Trail Seppala Memorial Race. Seppalas life would never be the same again. Photo illustration by Slate. While certain details have been changed, this is largely what happened, and explains the disproportionate fame that the real-life Balto has enjoyed; beyond the media attention, there were movie deals, a tour, and a statue. . Seppala became the crucial figure in the delivery by dogsled of a He nursed them back to health for most of the remainder of that year; they were not ready to train again until autumn. In advanced cases, diphtheria can also cause the neck to swell, in part due to swollen lymph nodes, resulting in a condition nicknamed "bull neck" (visible below). Most Popular #186407. Seppala would cross the sound each way in the race to deliver the serum. Sign-up for any of the following email series to help plan your Alaska trip. Bragg's rebuttal was brief and to the point. The whole trail was 674 miles from Nenana to Nome, and Seppala was initially selected to cover the more than 400 miles from Nome to Nulato and back. This also meant he worked as long as 12 hours a day. To hasten delivery of the serum, more mushers were added to the relay. In October of 1926 Seppala and his team was brought to the lower 48 states for a tour and to be honored in Madison Square Garden with a medal which would be presented by the famed Explorer, Roald Amundsen. The two 100lb. The title card at the beginning declares that Togo is based on a true story, but how much of this is hard history and how much is Disney magic? Leonhards education details are not available at this time. Your donation in any amount will help us continue important preservation work. of the Seppala Strain that was finally registered by the Canadian Kennel His telegram is pictured below. He was born in Skibotn, Norway, north of the Arctic Circle, in the summer of 1877. Small cracks in the ice could suddenly widen, and driver and team could be plunged into the freezing water. [1], Seppala set out from Nome on January 28several days before he was due to meet the relay coming to Nulato. publicity given to "newspaper dog" Balto who had led the Kaasen team, Leonhard Seppala and his wife Constance play with a litter of puppies on the porch of their home. Seppala and his Alaska Sweepstakes team: Property of Jonathan Hayes. [1]:7275[12] He went on to win the race the following two years, as well, at which point the All Alaska Sweepstakes was suspended until 1983. His family In 1914, he competed in the All Alaska Sweepstakes, a sled dog race. Campgrounds, RV Parks & Public Use Cabins. Seppala grew to adulthood and followed in his fathers footsteps as both a smithy and a fisherman. Many of the 150 dogs who took part in the 1925 Serum Run to Nome lost their lives, mainly due to exposure. Background information When he arrived there at 8 pm, his dogs were exhausted; they had run 84 miles (135km) that day, much of it against the wind and in brutal cold. Togo is the story of Leonhard Seppala (played by Willem Dafoe) and his wife Constance (played by Julianne Nicholson), a couple living in Nome, Alaska who raise and train sled dogs. Nome is clear across the state from Fairbanks, a flight distance of approximately 521 miles. and then in the Fairbanks gold fields until his departure from Alaska in The movie leaves out several details about Togos death. [1]:68, Seppala made the decision to compete in his first race, the 1914 All Alaska Sweepstakes, at the last minute. Sweepstakes with this team but failed to finish the race after getting caught The Togo true story reveals that as a young puppy Togo required excessive care from Leonhard Seppala's wife Constance. 2020 by Poland Spring Seppala Kennels. While tending to newborn pups, Constance took pity on one puppy that was noticeably weaker than the others. 12.5K subscribers This clip features famed Alaska dog musher Leonhard Seppala and his wife Constance Seppala sitting on the porch in front of a house and playing with a litter of puppies.. The Port is iced in for miles and miles. By the time Seppala arrives at home, Togo has been moved to the lead position, and Seppala is marveling at Togos speed. This film sequence is an excerpt of AAF-2240 from the Seppala-Hanks collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska \u0026 Polar Regions Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.The Alaska Film Archives appreciates your support. of his childhood sweetheart Margit, whom he had planned to marry, The ice on Norton Sound was in constant motion due to currents from the sea and the incessant wind. Alaska at the invitation of American journalist Lowell Thomas, enjoying Directed by Ericson Core, with a Writers Guild Awardnominated script by Tom Flynn, Togo is based on the events of what become known as the Great Race of Mercy, or the 1925 serum run to Nome. Scenes from the run are interspersed with flashbacks to Togos origin story, showing him making repeated escapes from the kennel of musher Leonhard Seppala (Willem Dafoe). Bering Sea coastline. Husband of Constance M Seppala. Leonhard did farm work, keeping the family homestead going while The Seppala House was a gift to Urtha Lenharr by Krier Enterprise of Nome, Alaska. Seppala later married Constance, another foreigner who had come to America. Siberia by a Russian fur trader. Seppala also won the All Alaska Sweepstakes in 1916 and 1917, before the race was canceled until 1983. The team would pour on the steam to catch the lure only to be teased by the bird flying away at the last moment. based in Nome for the first twenty-nine years of his mining career, It was there they rested and slept for six hours before continuing their journey at 2 a.m., heading into another bad storm. (Recovered from my old site: written apr. Beyond the possibility of getting caught in a storm or a dog injuring its paw on a shard of ice, it was also likely that the ice of the Norton Sound could break up and carry the team out to sea. Seppala and his team mushed five times farther than any other team during that effort. Everyone knew Sepps abilities. Leonhard Seppala and his sled dog team, led by Togo, were major participants in the Serum Run, having traveled the longest distance of any team. Furious, she left the house and refused to come back. consistently with his Siberian sleddogs until the race was discontinued Leonhard Seppala was born in the Year of the Ox. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. Without the antitoxin, estimated mortality rates stood anywhere from 75% to 99.99%, practically a killing blow to Nome. As shown in the movie, more teams were added to the relay mid-run, and so Seppala ended up traveling a total of 261 miles (170 miles to pick up the serum and 91 miles with the serum)still an enormous distance. Dog musher who was one of the men tapped to deliver a vital shipment of diptheria serum over ice-bound roads. They wanted the 640 miles between the two towns to be traversed by the dog team. it would have broken the Bank of Nome.) It had happened to others. but quite athletic. Togo, it must have been harder yet for Seppala's old Sweepstakes leader. Likes He tries locking him away and later give him away to another owner twice. As a puppy, he is a runt with little more than a fighting spirit and the endorsement of Seppala's wife, Constance (Julianne Nicholson). many of these races Liz Ricker raced the second team and often came in right While a party is being held in his honor, a young girl points out how Togo's health is deteriorating, upsetting Seppala. when a native with a crosscut saw appeared out of nowhere and trotted easily The film depicts Seppala feeling guilty about pushing Togo too hard to the point of exhaustion. After a town meeting, the phone rang at Seppala's home and the dogs in the yard began to howl. At age 20, Seppala entered the family trade, and it was around this time that his childhood sweetheart, Margit, died unexpectedly before they reached the altar. And when I come to the end of the rail, I feel that along with my many friends, Togo will be waiting and I know that everything will be all right.. By Robert Forto, PhD. Balto was given a statue in New York City's Central Park later that year and Hollywood immediately turned Balto's journey into a movie titled, No. The other half of the meeting is not-so-subtle pressure on Seppala to ride to Nenana to pick up the serum. Thank you! Immediate Family: Son of Isak Isaksson Seppl and Ane Henrikke Seppl. Pets But in 1899, when a friend of Leonhard Seppala returned to Norway, rich from the goldfields of Alaska, the lure of wealth and adventure was just too much for the twenty-two-year-old smithy to overcome and before long he was on his way to the new world. Visit September to April to see the Northern Lights. In researching the. Roald Amundsen. stricken city. for the gold fields, even offering to lend him money for his passage. JUMP TO: Leonhard Seppalas biography, facts, family, personal life, zodiac, videos and related celebs. He was recruited to Alaska from Norway by fellow Norwegian Jafet Lindeberg, who had struck it rich in Nome. In 1925, more than 20 men and their dogs helped rush an emergency package of medicine nearly 675 miles to Nome, Alaska, which faced a deadly outbreak of diphtheria. Seppala described him as an infant prodigy and a natural-born leader.. He was disruptive to harnessed sled dogs, just as hes shown to be in the film. Seppala saw the musher stopped on the trail and having trouble with his dogs, but did not intend to stop and be delayed. His career took off when he won the Sweepstakes the following year, beating experienced musher Scotty Allan by two hours. A relay of 20 sled dog teams then traveled a distance of 674 miles from Nenana to Nome. Seppala's direct involvement with the breed that now bears entrusted him with the raising and training of a group of Siberian Poland Spring against Arthur Walden, breeder of 'Chinook' dogs and author of They encountered each other while Ivanoff was untangling his team on a trail outside of town, at which time Seppala took possession of the serum. Seppala soon worried for his canine friend upon learning that he was starting to suffer from his old age. Home "I literally fell in love with them from the start", he recalled; "I could hardly wait for sledding snow to start their training". Photos by Bettmann via Getty Images and Disney. Please visit the About section of our YouTube channel to learn how you can help today. When Lindeberg asked him to train a sled dog team for an expedition Roald Amundsen was planning, he found his calling. The real-life Leonhard Seppala Details of Death: Died in the Poland Spring, Maine home of Elizabeth Ricker, a friend of Leonhard Seppala and fellow dog musher and breeder. Please check back soon for updates. This seems to be exaggerated a bit for the film. Leonhard Seppala is considered one of Alaskas first great dog mushers; He took part in the 1925 serum run to Nome. Fridtjof Nansen, and very shortly thereafter married him and left North When the temperatures dropped below -0 degrees the planes of the 1920s were unreliable and dangerous at best. After 1932 he remained in Alaska. Insider tips to pick the best Alaska cruise. As we investigated the Togo fact vs. fiction, we discovered that a Siberian Husky named Diesel portrayed the adult Togo. 'Sepp' entered the 1914 However, almost by fate, Seppala is surprised to see Togo up and running; refusing to give in. He inherited his first sled dogs through a friend, who originally intended them for the polar explorer Roald Amundsen, before his expedition was cancelled. over. died a few years later aged eighty-five. [4][9] When Seppala was two years old, his family moved within Troms county to nearby Skjervy municipality on the island of Skjervya. Just one grandparent can lead you to many He writes: WHILE SEPPALA WAS IN ALASKA the sport of dogsled racing was developed that he had left behind; none of the other teams made more than 53 miles of Not only is Diesel related to Togo, he also resembles Togo in coloring: Unlike many Siberians, Togo had a darker coat. Together with his dog Togo and several other dogs, he was able to brave through snowy weather and tundra to save countless of lives. His mounted skin is currently on display at the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Headquarters museum in Wasilla, Alaska. The 2019 Disney film costars Nicholson as Constance Seppala, wife of dog sledder Leonhard Seppala (played by Willem Dafoe) who brought life-saving diphtheria medication across Alaska in 1925. Portrayed by Leonhard Seppala is considered one of Alaska's first great mushers, and like all who took part in the 1925 serum run from Seward to Nome, he's a local hero. from Alaska flush with gold dollars and encouraged Sepp to take ship He is a sled dog trainer and racer who is known for carrying the supply of diphtheria serum to the residents of Nome, Alaska. Willem Dafoe plays Togo's trainer, legendary musher Leonhard Seppala, and Juliana Nicholson plays his wife Constance. Source. The expedition was cancelled, and Seppala was gifted the dogs. Plan your journey with this gorgeous printed map. of hair-raising adventures in defense of Pioneer claims against [17] In 2019, Disney released a movie based on Seppala's feats in the 1925 serum run to Nome, titled Togo and starring Willem Dafoe as Seppala. His wife Constance Seppala had dogsled racing psychology down pat as well. 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