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What does the last musher to reach Nome win?
a dick
What is the longest race a musher has made?
The Great Serum Race
When is the musher requied to wear the bib in a visible manner?
From Safety Checkpoint to Nome.
Who is the modern Iditarod inspired by?
the serum race to Nome.
What is the musher required to wear from Safety Checkpoint to Nome?
A bib visible from the safety checkpoint
In the iditarod what does a musher required to wear from safety to nome?
heavy coats and gloves
What epidemic hit Nome in 1925?
The Diphtheria Virus
What is the red lanteren award?
The Red Lantern Award is given to the last musher to cross the finish line in Nome.
What is the iditarod widow's lantern?
The Red Lantern Award is an award given to the last musher to cross the finish line in Nome.
Why couldn't planes deliver the serum to nome?
Then everybody else would die, too.
Which northwest United States city got its name due to a cartographer's typo?
Nome, Alaska Nome and the Iditarod The Iditarod Race came into being in large part because of a diphtheria epidemic in Nome, Alaska in February, 1925. Nome citizens needed a diphtheria serum to fight the epidemic, and the only way to get the serum to Nome in the middle of winter was to use sled dogs and mushers. This background story eventually led to the creation of the Iditarod Race in 1973. The name "Nome" According to Wikipedia the origin of the name "Nome" is still under debate, with one possible story being that the name "Name" was mistakenly read as "Nome", so a mapmaker used "Nome" as the name of the city. Another possibility is that the name Nome was given by the city's founded, Jafet Lindeberg, originally of Norway. Near his childhood home in Norway there is an area known as Nome Valley.
Why didn't the serum needed for diptheria outbreak just get flown to nome?
A snow storm precluded it.
