English World 5 / Unit 12 / The Great Race of Mercy

This is the true story of how ..... mushers and one hundred and fifty dogs saved the lives of 10,000 people.

Nome is a small town in the north of ...... .

In January 1925 some .....in the town became ill and died.

Immediately,the doctor sent for ...

The weather was ...... and the plane could not take off.

Only .... could take the medicine .

.... teams of husky dogs and mushers ran as a relay.

The first team left Nenana on 27 January in ....

The relay continued for .... days and nights through thick snow and ice.

..... carried the story.

The quickest route to Nome was across the...

Crossing the frozen..... was the most difficult and dangerous part of the journey.

The medicine was quckly carried to the last team which was led by ....

Balto was not usually a lead dog and he was only ..... years old.

They arrived in Nome early ....

The doctor ..... his patients and no more people died.

Afterwards Balto was a ..... for a few months.

Eventually he was rescued and lived in a ....

Togo lived to the age of .....

All the husky dogs in .... today are descendants of Togo and the other brave runners of 1925