1 00:00:37,804 --> 00:00:40,807 [wind howling] 2 00:01:43,690 --> 00:01:45,238 Haw, Togo! Haw! Haw! 3 00:01:48,441 --> 00:01:50,610 Good dog! Good dog! 4 00:01:57,584 --> 00:01:58,585 Leave it! 5 00:02:01,388 --> 00:02:03,890 [barking] 6 00:02:04,758 --> 00:02:06,459 Leave it alone! 7 00:02:12,999 --> 00:02:15,101 [thunder rumbling] 8 00:02:23,143 --> 00:02:24,144 Good dog. 9 00:02:34,854 --> 00:02:35,989 Well done, Togo! 10 00:02:36,956 --> 00:02:37,957 Well done, all! 11 00:02:38,525 --> 00:02:41,428 There'll be full bellies and warm beds tonight. 12 00:02:41,494 --> 00:02:43,830 [barking] 13 00:02:43,930 --> 00:02:46,833 All right, Togo! Hike! 14 00:03:14,627 --> 00:03:17,564 Whoa! 15 00:03:20,834 --> 00:03:22,736 [man] There's been a diphtheria outbreak. 16 00:03:22,836 --> 00:03:23,837 How long? 17 00:03:23,903 --> 00:03:25,972 - More than a week. - Constance? 18 00:03:26,390 --> 00:03:27,400 Fine. She's fine. 19 00:03:27,974 --> 00:03:29,175 It's mostly children. 20 00:03:30,176 --> 00:03:31,177 Five have died. 21 00:03:31,811 --> 00:03:32,946 Bless them. 22 00:03:33,130 --> 00:03:34,714 Twenty more sick here in Nome. 23 00:03:35,415 --> 00:03:37,717 And no telling how many in the Inuit villages. 24 00:03:38,852 --> 00:03:40,553 They found serum in Fairbanks. 25 00:03:40,653 --> 00:03:43,390 They just don't know how to get it from there to here. 26 00:03:45,925 --> 00:03:49,429 Anyway, everybody's at Dexter's, and they're asking for you. 27 00:03:53,733 --> 00:03:54,901 Hike! 28 00:03:57,170 --> 00:03:59,606 [man] What we have in our children is an epidemic. 29 00:04:00,740 --> 00:04:03,543 And without antitoxin, it's a death sentence to most, 30 00:04:03,610 --> 00:04:04,978 if not all those infected. 31 00:04:05,450 --> 00:04:07,714 [people murmuring] 32 00:04:07,781 --> 00:04:08,948 The good news is, 33 00:04:09,490 --> 00:04:12,552 they've located antitoxin at the Fairbanks Railroad Hospital, 34 00:04:13,530 --> 00:04:16,222 and they're ready to put it on the next train to Nenana. 35 00:04:16,289 --> 00:04:18,925 A round trip from here to Nenana is still 600 miles. 36 00:04:19,250 --> 00:04:23,329 They have aeroplanes in Fairbanks, and we could fly it here. 37 00:04:23,396 --> 00:04:25,532 Did you see those clouds on the horizon when you came over? 38 00:04:25,565 --> 00:04:28,201 Of course I did, but maybe it's not as bad as it looks. 39 00:04:30,370 --> 00:04:33,440 Seppala, you were out there. What do you think? 40 00:04:34,607 --> 00:04:35,775 It's going to be bad. 41 00:04:37,544 --> 00:04:38,712 How bad? 42 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:40,780 Memorable, I think. 43 00:04:41,581 --> 00:04:42,782 What makes you think? 44 00:04:43,249 --> 00:04:45,352 Well, it looks biblical enough, 45 00:04:45,452 --> 00:04:49,589 and the barometer's falling in a pretty disturbing way but... 46 00:04:50,724 --> 00:04:51,791 But what? 47 00:04:52,492 --> 00:04:54,427 We came up on caribou this morning. 48 00:04:54,494 --> 00:04:57,330 About 200 yards to our right, he saw them. 49 00:04:57,430 --> 00:05:01,568 My foot was ready on the brake, and he ignored them and kept running. 50 00:05:02,469 --> 00:05:05,305 That's when I knew this storm was special. 51 00:05:06,106 --> 00:05:07,941 I'm sorry, I don't understand. 52 00:05:08,800 --> 00:05:10,243 Togo's a caribou chaser of some renown. 53 00:05:10,910 --> 00:05:12,645 I still don't understand. 54 00:05:12,746 --> 00:05:16,149 Never in 12 years had he not at least turned for them. 55 00:05:16,916 --> 00:05:19,285 When an animal denies his nature 56 00:05:19,352 --> 00:05:22,122 and runs for the barn because he fears the storm... 57 00:05:22,756 --> 00:05:24,624 man better fear the storm. 58 00:05:26,359 --> 00:05:27,460 I see. 59 00:05:27,527 --> 00:05:30,597 In a storm like this, how quickly could you get there and back? 60 00:05:30,663 --> 00:05:32,980 Not "how quickly," 61 00:05:32,165 --> 00:05:33,166 "if." 62 00:05:33,266 --> 00:05:34,601 [scattered groans] 63 00:05:34,668 --> 00:05:36,200 Then I say aeroplane. 64 00:05:37,203 --> 00:05:38,638 Open cockpit aeroplane? 65 00:05:40,140 --> 00:05:42,942 Water-cooled engines? Did you call that airfield in Fairbanks? 66 00:05:43,900 --> 00:05:44,344 They're making an assessment. 67 00:05:44,444 --> 00:05:45,512 I'll bet they are. 68 00:05:46,379 --> 00:05:48,281 I seriously don't think flying's an option. 69 00:05:49,683 --> 00:05:51,618 But, in answer to your question, "how quick?" 70 00:05:52,452 --> 00:05:55,188 Seppala once ran for me, all the way to Nenana, in four days. 71 00:05:56,856 --> 00:05:58,792 For factual reference only. 72 00:05:58,858 --> 00:06:01,594 Personally I never cared for the notion that sled dogs 73 00:06:01,661 --> 00:06:03,396 should be replaced by machines, 74 00:06:04,300 --> 00:06:06,866 but today I'm a champion of progress. 75 00:06:10,470 --> 00:06:11,604 Come on, pup. 76 00:06:17,977 --> 00:06:20,580 [indistinct] 77 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:22,916 [thunder rumbling] 78 00:06:35,610 --> 00:06:37,897 Seppala, you going by the hospital? 79 00:06:38,898 --> 00:06:39,899 Climb on. 80 00:06:45,672 --> 00:06:46,673 Hike! 81 00:06:58,785 --> 00:07:00,520 [Seppala] Whoa! Whoa! 82 00:07:07,394 --> 00:07:08,395 Much obliged. 83 00:07:12,532 --> 00:07:13,600 Good luck, doctor. 84 00:07:18,304 --> 00:07:22,275 Towns are, uh, usually founded by topography... 85 00:07:23,410 --> 00:07:25,812 proximity to roads and rivers. 86 00:07:26,913 --> 00:07:29,490 Nome was founded by luck. 87 00:07:31,840 --> 00:07:32,485 The gold at Anvil Creek? 88 00:07:33,620 --> 00:07:35,255 You could see it with your naked eye, 89 00:07:36,156 --> 00:07:38,324 pick it up with your fingers from the sand. 90 00:07:40,427 --> 00:07:42,295 Gold dries up. 91 00:07:43,596 --> 00:07:44,898 Luck dries up. 92 00:07:56,910 --> 00:07:58,978 [dogs whining] 93 00:08:01,815 --> 00:08:03,149 [door closes] 94 00:08:15,962 --> 00:08:19,320 - [children coughing] - [babies crying] 95 00:08:25,772 --> 00:08:27,607 [nurse speaking indistinctly] 96 00:08:37,450 --> 00:08:41,654 - [crying continues] - [coughing continues] 97 00:08:41,721 --> 00:08:43,990 [dogs barking] 98 00:08:53,233 --> 00:08:55,969 [barking continues] 99 00:09:04,100 --> 00:09:07,130 [door opens, closes] 100 00:09:10,216 --> 00:09:11,718 Where does he find the energy? 101 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:14,754 By his reckoning, he's still ten weeks old. 102 00:09:14,854 --> 00:09:16,220 [Constance chuckles] 103 00:09:26,366 --> 00:09:27,367 So, you'll go? 104 00:09:28,340 --> 00:09:31,671 I just got home. You're anxious to be rid of me? 105 00:09:31,738 --> 00:09:33,390 Hmm. Could be. 106 00:09:33,106 --> 00:09:36,760 Have reason for me to be gone, do you? 107 00:09:36,176 --> 00:09:37,610 - I have lovers. - Ah? 108 00:09:37,711 --> 00:09:38,945 Too many to count. 109 00:09:39,450 --> 00:09:41,810 - I have no one but myself to blame. - [chuckles] 110 00:09:41,581 --> 00:09:45,151 I was warned not to marry someone so beautiful. 111 00:09:45,251 --> 00:09:46,586 Warned by whom? 112 00:09:47,520 --> 00:09:48,922 Everyone with eyesight. 113 00:09:53,860 --> 00:09:55,280 So, you will go? 114 00:09:56,596 --> 00:09:58,398 I have no such inclination. 115 00:09:58,465 --> 00:10:00,300 Then why are you waxing sled runners? 116 00:10:03,103 --> 00:10:04,270 They need wax. 117 00:10:17,784 --> 00:10:19,686 [Constance] Can it even be done in this weather? 118 00:10:20,530 --> 00:10:21,254 Anything can be done. 119 00:10:21,321 --> 00:10:23,423 Well, let them choose someone else for once. 120 00:10:24,157 --> 00:10:26,292 - The room was full of mushers. - Right. 121 00:10:26,393 --> 00:10:28,228 But it's always my husband they come for. 122 00:10:29,295 --> 00:10:31,970 Pick someone with more at stake in this. 123 00:10:34,100 --> 00:10:37,971 I stopped at the hospital. All those children, we know them. 124 00:10:38,638 --> 00:10:39,806 I know. 125 00:10:39,906 --> 00:10:43,843 That little girl that lives next to Mallon and always runs out to pet the dogs. 126 00:10:43,943 --> 00:10:47,280 Sally, who pets everyone's dogs, not just yours. 127 00:10:48,948 --> 00:10:51,117 We know those children. We know their parents. 128 00:10:51,651 --> 00:10:54,988 I understand this. And tomorrow I'll be ashamed. 129 00:10:55,880 --> 00:10:57,123 But right now, I'm sorry, I'm afraid. 130 00:10:59,759 --> 00:11:02,829 It's not the first storm to hit Alaska. 131 00:11:02,929 --> 00:11:04,197 Don't patronize me. 132 00:11:07,701 --> 00:11:08,802 You're right. 133 00:11:38,398 --> 00:11:40,767 Don't take Togo. Fritz could lead. 134 00:11:40,834 --> 00:11:42,936 I'll cross that bridge when and if. 135 00:11:43,300 --> 00:11:45,605 He's 12 years old. You said he's too old to go to Elwald, 136 00:11:45,672 --> 00:11:47,741 and that isn't even a quarter of this distance. 137 00:11:47,841 --> 00:11:49,576 You're upsetting yourself for nothing. 138 00:11:50,377 --> 00:11:51,811 Let's go to sleep. 139 00:12:02,989 --> 00:12:05,525 I must say this before you make a decision you'll forever regret. 140 00:12:07,727 --> 00:12:11,364 You're more attached to him than you know, and you're about to run him to his death. 141 00:12:11,831 --> 00:12:15,402 And you're not prepared for what it's going to do to you, I promise you. 142 00:12:16,936 --> 00:12:18,380 Is that all? 143 00:12:19,506 --> 00:12:22,942 He is, of course, your dog, and a working dog. 144 00:12:23,430 --> 00:12:26,460 And, were I more pragmatic, I wouldn't love him, but I do. 145 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:31,951 And I'm just so heartsick that these are my last hours with him. 146 00:12:32,852 --> 00:12:33,920 Two things. 147 00:12:35,422 --> 00:12:40,894 One: if I were to try for Nenana in these conditions without him, 148 00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:44,300 these would be your last hours with me. 149 00:12:44,970 --> 00:12:49,336 And two: at this hour, nothing's decided. 150 00:12:49,903 --> 00:12:51,204 - [pounding on door] - [dog barks] 151 00:12:54,474 --> 00:12:55,608 You were saying? 152 00:13:02,480 --> 00:13:03,490 George? 153 00:13:03,650 --> 00:13:05,452 - [wind howling] - Evening, George. 154 00:13:05,552 --> 00:13:07,754 [chuckles] It appears your forecast is correct, 155 00:13:08,221 --> 00:13:10,900 if my journey out here is any evidence. 156 00:13:12,325 --> 00:13:15,328 The wind almost stopped me dead a couple times. 157 00:13:17,163 --> 00:13:22,135 Oh, I... I talked with Fairbanks. There will be no airborne rescue of Nome. 158 00:13:23,436 --> 00:13:29,309 So, the time of the dog, not only continues, it's at hand. 159 00:13:29,409 --> 00:13:32,212 So, you felt the need to come all the way out here to share this news? 160 00:13:32,312 --> 00:13:34,147 Some things you need to say to a man's face, 161 00:13:34,247 --> 00:13:35,615 isn't that right, Mr. Mayor? 162 00:13:36,983 --> 00:13:37,984 Yeah. 163 00:13:38,952 --> 00:13:40,860 Coffee or whiskey? 164 00:13:40,687 --> 00:13:42,989 Whiskey. If it's no trouble. 165 00:13:43,890 --> 00:13:46,260 No. No trouble. I'm having both. 166 00:13:59,773 --> 00:14:01,508 We have to be smart about this. 167 00:14:03,176 --> 00:14:05,679 You're going to ride in the sled when I tell you. 168 00:14:06,780 --> 00:14:09,315 No squirming. No arguments, for once. 169 00:14:15,121 --> 00:14:16,690 Got one more in ya, pup? 170 00:14:20,694 --> 00:14:23,329 [dogs barking] 171 00:14:23,730 --> 00:14:24,831 Almost there. 172 00:14:27,300 --> 00:14:28,335 Good dogs. 173 00:14:37,477 --> 00:14:38,545 I've seen worse. 174 00:14:39,479 --> 00:14:40,647 We could have a picnic. 175 00:14:48,540 --> 00:14:49,656 I'll be back before you know it. 176 00:14:50,223 --> 00:14:51,658 I won't even make the bed. 177 00:15:03,300 --> 00:15:05,472 Hey. Hey. 178 00:15:07,540 --> 00:15:09,342 You bring him back to me, okay? 179 00:15:11,111 --> 00:15:12,612 And you come back to me. 180 00:15:15,615 --> 00:15:16,783 Good boy. 181 00:15:32,532 --> 00:15:34,340 [Seppala] All right, Togo! 182 00:15:37,570 --> 00:15:38,672 Hike! 183 00:15:44,100 --> 00:15:49,150 [church bell tolling] 184 00:16:21,140 --> 00:16:22,282 [man] Come on, Togo! 185 00:16:22,382 --> 00:16:23,983 Come on, Togo! 186 00:16:25,785 --> 00:16:28,855 Come on! There you go. 187 00:16:29,589 --> 00:16:30,590 [Seppala] Hike! 188 00:16:36,563 --> 00:16:38,565 [wind howling] 189 00:16:57,584 --> 00:16:58,585 Here it comes. 190 00:17:31,351 --> 00:17:32,786 [puppy whines] 191 00:17:37,123 --> 00:17:38,825 [whining continues] 192 00:17:41,861 --> 00:17:46,700 [wheezing] 193 00:17:47,534 --> 00:17:49,102 [coos] 194 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:54,874 You tend to your business, I'll tend to mine. 195 00:17:54,974 --> 00:17:58,780 How can it not be my business? No dogs in the bedroom. 196 00:17:58,178 --> 00:17:59,713 He's in such pain. 197 00:17:59,813 --> 00:18:00,980 And in our bedroom. 198 00:18:03,283 --> 00:18:06,219 A runt has more imperfections than just size, you know. 199 00:18:06,953 --> 00:18:10,323 Nature has its ways of sorting things out. 200 00:18:10,390 --> 00:18:12,892 Oh, should I just drown him and speed up the process? 201 00:18:13,393 --> 00:18:20,330 I'm just saying that Alaska can be particularly cruel to the weak. 202 00:18:20,133 --> 00:18:21,901 I don't need to be reminded. 203 00:18:24,637 --> 00:18:27,173 What does it cost you to give this life a chance? 204 00:18:29,509 --> 00:18:32,712 What does he bring to the breed if he survives? 205 00:18:36,850 --> 00:18:38,284 [Constance] The heart of a survivor. 206 00:18:40,220 --> 00:18:41,521 You're too softhearted. 207 00:18:43,189 --> 00:18:44,691 You're too Norwegian. 208 00:18:50,730 --> 00:18:52,232 [pounding] 209 00:19:05,278 --> 00:19:06,212 [yelps] 210 00:19:06,279 --> 00:19:07,347 Get! 211 00:19:08,748 --> 00:19:10,583 Why don't you put him back in the kennel? 212 00:19:10,684 --> 00:19:13,286 Every time I do, he digs his way out. 213 00:19:13,887 --> 00:19:18,625 I'm spending more daylight filling holes than doing the work I should be doing. 214 00:19:18,725 --> 00:19:20,894 [barking] 215 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:22,796 I catch you, you'll be sorry. 216 00:19:24,264 --> 00:19:25,699 [sniffing] 217 00:19:27,901 --> 00:19:29,436 It's all your fault. 218 00:19:29,536 --> 00:19:31,905 I thought you were supposed to be a great trainer of dogs. 219 00:19:31,971 --> 00:19:33,406 He's a devil. 220 00:19:33,473 --> 00:19:36,476 Saint Francis of Assisi would shoot this dog. 221 00:19:37,277 --> 00:19:38,278 Hey! 222 00:19:39,612 --> 00:19:41,781 - He's fast. - He's mentally deficient. 223 00:19:42,315 --> 00:19:45,218 He's undersized, unintelligent, untrainable. 224 00:19:46,252 --> 00:19:47,253 Yeah, but he's fast. 225 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:49,456 I think you ought to give him a chance on the sled. 226 00:19:49,556 --> 00:19:52,459 Stop, stop. That is not a sled dog. 227 00:19:52,559 --> 00:19:53,693 Never ever. 228 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:55,428 Well, you won't know until you try. 229 00:19:55,495 --> 00:19:57,163 I won't know, period. 230 00:19:57,263 --> 00:19:59,466 Victor Anderson wants one of my pups. 231 00:20:00,266 --> 00:20:02,369 Well, I have the dog to give him. 232 00:20:09,109 --> 00:20:10,610 Every year we go through this. 233 00:20:10,677 --> 00:20:12,145 Not like this. 234 00:20:12,245 --> 00:20:14,414 How many times do I have to remind you? 235 00:20:14,481 --> 00:20:18,180 They're not pets. They're not our friends. They're not our children. 236 00:20:18,918 --> 00:20:20,587 They're animals. 237 00:20:20,653 --> 00:20:21,821 Work animals. 238 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:33,330 Serves you right. 239 00:20:45,345 --> 00:20:47,130 [Togo whines] 240 00:20:53,530 --> 00:20:54,540 Here you go. 241 00:21:07,233 --> 00:21:10,136 [whining continues] 242 00:21:27,654 --> 00:21:29,756 [pounding] 243 00:21:34,561 --> 00:21:36,290 [dogs barking] 244 00:21:52,112 --> 00:21:53,747 Here's your damn dog back! 245 00:22:05,692 --> 00:22:06,826 [chuckles] 246 00:22:11,431 --> 00:22:15,368 Well, shame on you, Victor Anderson. If you didn't want a dog, why bother us? 247 00:22:15,435 --> 00:22:17,303 He's more trouble than he's worth. 248 00:22:22,409 --> 00:22:23,610 I think I'll go down now. 249 00:22:25,211 --> 00:22:26,379 I would. 250 00:22:30,250 --> 00:22:32,252 [wind howling] 251 00:22:48,635 --> 00:22:49,636 Hike up! 252 00:23:07,654 --> 00:23:08,922 The easy part is over. 253 00:23:24,104 --> 00:23:25,905 Easy! Easy! 254 00:23:30,430 --> 00:23:32,512 [groaning] 255 00:23:32,612 --> 00:23:34,481 [panting] 256 00:23:38,118 --> 00:23:39,119 [grumbles] 257 00:23:45,225 --> 00:23:47,727 - [barks] - Whoa. Whoa! 258 00:23:48,728 --> 00:23:49,729 Haw! 259 00:23:54,501 --> 00:23:55,835 Whoa! 260 00:24:01,408 --> 00:24:02,709 [yelling] 261 00:24:04,911 --> 00:24:06,346 [screaming] 262 00:24:11,384 --> 00:24:12,652 [yelping] 263 00:24:13,253 --> 00:24:14,521 [screams] 264 00:24:15,922 --> 00:24:17,657 [whining] 265 00:24:17,724 --> 00:24:19,559 [wind howling] 266 00:24:25,265 --> 00:24:29,169 Togo! Hike up! Hike up! 267 00:24:33,907 --> 00:24:34,908 [groans] 268 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:39,946 Togo! Togo! Hike up! Hike up! 269 00:24:51,910 --> 00:24:52,392 Pull, Togo! 270 00:24:52,459 --> 00:24:53,727 Pull! 271 00:24:55,610 --> 00:24:56,620 Pull up! 272 00:25:03,236 --> 00:25:04,237 Pull! 273 00:25:04,304 --> 00:25:07,400 Togo! Pull up! 274 00:25:07,707 --> 00:25:09,376 [barking] 275 00:25:16,583 --> 00:25:17,584 Yes! 276 00:25:18,118 --> 00:25:19,119 Yes! 277 00:25:25,892 --> 00:25:26,893 Good dog! 278 00:25:32,832 --> 00:25:34,501 Yes! Pull. 279 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:41,374 [sighs] 280 00:25:45,110 --> 00:25:46,312 Good dog! 281 00:25:46,413 --> 00:25:49,315 Next time I go the wrong way, you tell me to go to hell. 282 00:25:50,784 --> 00:25:51,918 Good dog. 283 00:25:53,860 --> 00:25:54,521 Good dogs, all! 284 00:25:54,621 --> 00:25:55,655 [laughs] 285 00:26:00,994 --> 00:26:02,962 We have to take care of this at the roadhouse. 286 00:26:15,542 --> 00:26:16,710 [groans] 287 00:26:21,648 --> 00:26:22,716 Thank you. 288 00:26:24,484 --> 00:26:26,786 [woman humming] 289 00:26:26,853 --> 00:26:27,854 [Seppala groans] 290 00:26:32,525 --> 00:26:35,662 [woman singing in foreign language] 291 00:26:44,237 --> 00:26:46,706 Her name, Atiqtalik, 292 00:26:46,806 --> 00:26:49,843 means "polar bear mother." 293 00:26:51,770 --> 00:26:53,546 Your dog is her cub now. 294 00:26:56,182 --> 00:26:58,284 [speaking foreign language] 295 00:27:03,857 --> 00:27:07,160 [resumes singing] 296 00:27:07,227 --> 00:27:08,228 She can fix. 297 00:27:12,232 --> 00:27:13,533 What does her song say? 298 00:27:15,835 --> 00:27:17,871 "Don't worry, young one... 299 00:27:19,339 --> 00:27:22,242 soon it'll be warm again." 300 00:27:28,782 --> 00:27:32,719 When I finish, you'll start serving life in prison. 301 00:27:33,620 --> 00:27:35,755 All because I married a Belgian. 302 00:27:37,223 --> 00:27:38,992 Belgium is a soft country. 303 00:27:39,693 --> 00:27:42,862 Norway, on the other hand, is a harsh country. 304 00:27:43,863 --> 00:27:47,233 In Brussels, you'd sleep in a feathered bed 305 00:27:47,901 --> 00:27:49,803 and have salmon roe for breakfast. 306 00:27:50,637 --> 00:27:53,540 In Storfjord, your days would be numbered. 307 00:27:54,107 --> 00:27:55,800 [whines] 308 00:27:55,108 --> 00:27:58,878 Lesson number one: never marry a Belgian. 309 00:27:59,479 --> 00:28:01,214 They're sentimental. 310 00:28:01,281 --> 00:28:03,116 And you end up doing days of hard work 311 00:28:03,216 --> 00:28:06,319 for a problem that a bullet solves in seconds. 312 00:28:07,487 --> 00:28:12,592 Lesson number two: for you, Satan, or whatever your name is... 313 00:28:14,961 --> 00:28:16,629 try digging out now. 314 00:28:16,730 --> 00:28:18,732 [dogs barking] 315 00:28:29,476 --> 00:28:31,745 [whining] 316 00:28:33,947 --> 00:28:35,150 Okay! 317 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:40,587 Hike! Hike! Good job! 318 00:28:46,426 --> 00:28:49,963 [Togo whining] 319 00:28:59,390 --> 00:29:00,640 [sniffing] 320 00:29:22,362 --> 00:29:23,363 [thud] 321 00:29:25,165 --> 00:29:26,566 [sniffing] 322 00:29:31,710 --> 00:29:32,172 [thud] 323 00:29:38,211 --> 00:29:39,245 [thud] 324 00:29:46,319 --> 00:29:47,320 [sniffs] 325 00:30:11,611 --> 00:30:12,779 [dogs barking] 326 00:30:15,915 --> 00:30:17,917 [panting] 327 00:31:00,160 --> 00:31:01,828 Hey! Stop that! 328 00:31:02,729 --> 00:31:03,963 Hey! 329 00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:07,434 Hey, stop that! Hey! 330 00:31:07,500 --> 00:31:10,700 Whoa! 331 00:31:11,171 --> 00:31:12,639 No! No! 332 00:31:13,807 --> 00:31:14,808 You. 333 00:31:16,900 --> 00:31:17,744 [grunting in the distance] 334 00:31:20,347 --> 00:31:22,649 - [grunting] - Oh, no. 335 00:31:22,749 --> 00:31:24,984 - Easy now. Leave it! - [Togo growling] 336 00:31:25,850 --> 00:31:26,119 Leave it! 337 00:31:26,986 --> 00:31:28,655 No! No! 338 00:31:29,589 --> 00:31:32,920 Leave it! No! 339 00:31:35,862 --> 00:31:37,197 On by! 340 00:31:40,533 --> 00:31:41,534 Leave it! 341 00:31:47,807 --> 00:31:49,109 Leave it alone! 342 00:31:51,711 --> 00:31:52,712 No! 343 00:31:57,500 --> 00:31:58,485 Whoa! 344 00:32:02,455 --> 00:32:03,790 Haw! Haw! 345 00:32:10,630 --> 00:32:11,398 [grunts] 346 00:32:24,770 --> 00:32:25,111 [sighs] 347 00:32:30,583 --> 00:32:32,452 [pounding] 348 00:32:34,254 --> 00:32:35,355 Go! Get! 349 00:32:38,324 --> 00:32:41,594 Since when did you start worrying about keeping people out of the tack room? 350 00:32:41,695 --> 00:32:43,296 This isn't for keeping people out. 351 00:32:45,732 --> 00:32:49,690 You're taking him out of the kennel and putting him in here? 352 00:32:49,169 --> 00:32:50,570 The kennel won't hold him. 353 00:32:51,104 --> 00:32:53,239 - Apparently your dog... - Not my dog. 354 00:32:53,340 --> 00:32:56,900 Your dog, who disrupts my team. 355 00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:58,780 Your dog, who jumps on me 356 00:32:58,178 --> 00:33:00,680 no matter how many knees I put to his chest. 357 00:33:00,747 --> 00:33:03,883 Your dog, who violates the rules of the pack 358 00:33:03,950 --> 00:33:07,420 and upsets the hierarchy I've worked years to establish. 359 00:33:08,254 --> 00:33:12,625 Your cur, who rewards your kind nature with anarchy. 360 00:33:14,627 --> 00:33:16,290 This is for keeping him in. 361 00:33:21,401 --> 00:33:23,360 Was that a piece of our house? 362 00:33:26,940 --> 00:33:29,142 [whimpering] 363 00:33:37,117 --> 00:33:39,519 [dogs barking] 364 00:33:49,262 --> 00:33:50,930 [lock clinking] 365 00:33:51,965 --> 00:33:53,800 [whimpering] 366 00:33:55,902 --> 00:33:57,937 [dogs barking] 367 00:33:58,400 --> 00:33:59,139 Hey! 368 00:33:59,239 --> 00:34:00,273 Hike! 369 00:34:04,411 --> 00:34:05,412 Good dogs! 370 00:34:09,149 --> 00:34:10,984 [whimpering] 371 00:34:18,925 --> 00:34:20,193 [sniffing] 372 00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:36,309 - [wings fluttering] - [bird chirping] 373 00:34:42,615 --> 00:34:43,616 [barks] 374 00:34:44,484 --> 00:34:45,819 [bird chittering] 375 00:35:21,855 --> 00:35:24,524 [clattering] 376 00:35:25,425 --> 00:35:28,595 - [clattering continues] - [Togo whining] 377 00:35:28,695 --> 00:35:30,263 [crash] 378 00:35:35,568 --> 00:35:37,203 [sniffing] 379 00:35:48,615 --> 00:35:49,616 [glass shattering] 380 00:35:51,918 --> 00:35:55,121 [clattering in the distance] 381 00:35:58,910 --> 00:36:00,427 [glass shattering] 382 00:36:20,947 --> 00:36:22,582 [sniffing] 383 00:36:29,289 --> 00:36:30,757 Well, good afternoon. 384 00:36:39,566 --> 00:36:41,000 [panting] 385 00:36:42,235 --> 00:36:43,470 Good luck, little one. 386 00:36:43,570 --> 00:36:44,637 [Togo barks] 387 00:36:45,972 --> 00:36:48,408 [dogs barking] 388 00:36:48,475 --> 00:36:50,844 [Seppala] Hey! You again? 389 00:36:50,944 --> 00:36:52,846 Just leave it. Leave it! 390 00:36:53,747 --> 00:36:55,849 Stop! No! 391 00:36:57,150 --> 00:37:00,987 Stop! Let... You little devil. 392 00:37:02,922 --> 00:37:04,491 Hey! Stop that! 393 00:37:04,591 --> 00:37:06,593 [wind howling] 394 00:37:15,769 --> 00:37:17,637 [man] When you see Oki, say hello. 395 00:37:17,704 --> 00:37:19,172 Not going to see Oki. 396 00:37:19,939 --> 00:37:21,474 You're gonna cut across the Sound? 397 00:37:21,541 --> 00:37:22,809 It'll save me a day. 398 00:37:22,876 --> 00:37:24,440 It'll cost you your life. 399 00:37:24,144 --> 00:37:25,278 I've done it before. 400 00:37:26,179 --> 00:37:27,547 The ice is unpredictable now. 401 00:37:27,647 --> 00:37:29,449 We'll make it. Listen to me, 402 00:37:30,183 --> 00:37:34,200 stay away from contact with people until I come back with the medicine. 403 00:37:35,655 --> 00:37:38,580 Who would be foolish enough to come here in this weather? 404 00:37:44,464 --> 00:37:47,267 [door opens, closes] 405 00:37:48,968 --> 00:37:51,971 [child coughing, crying] 406 00:37:57,143 --> 00:37:58,345 [child groans] 407 00:38:01,881 --> 00:38:05,385 [coughing] 408 00:38:22,369 --> 00:38:24,871 [dog barking] 409 00:38:27,540 --> 00:38:28,575 All right, Togo. 410 00:38:31,778 --> 00:38:32,779 Hike! 411 00:39:11,885 --> 00:39:14,821 [ice cracking] 412 00:39:21,628 --> 00:39:23,797 Good dog! On by! 413 00:39:36,609 --> 00:39:39,512 What, my pups, are we to fear ice now? 414 00:39:40,447 --> 00:39:43,183 He which hath no stomach to this fight. 415 00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:47,354 Let him depart. His passport shall be made. 416 00:39:47,454 --> 00:39:50,457 We will not die in that dog's company. 417 00:39:51,124 --> 00:39:56,329 Old dogs forget but he will remember, with advantages, 418 00:39:56,429 --> 00:39:58,264 the feats he did that day. 419 00:39:59,990 --> 00:40:04,471 Then shall our names familiar in his mouth as household words, 420 00:40:04,537 --> 00:40:06,339 Seppala, the driver, 421 00:40:07,400 --> 00:40:10,944 Fritz and Sally, Molly and Red and Togo, 422 00:40:11,311 --> 00:40:13,646 the great Togo in lead, 423 00:40:13,713 --> 00:40:18,118 be all in their flowing water bowls freshly remembered. 424 00:40:18,885 --> 00:40:24,457 And dogs in Nome, now abed, shall think themselves accursed they were not here. 425 00:40:25,725 --> 00:40:32,432 We few, we happy few, we band of champions. 426 00:40:33,466 --> 00:40:37,170 Now, run, my pups. Run! 427 00:41:08,768 --> 00:41:10,904 Max, get this out to the Associated Press. 428 00:41:12,339 --> 00:41:14,107 People should know what's happening here. 429 00:41:14,774 --> 00:41:16,343 This is all you want to write? 430 00:41:17,911 --> 00:41:19,112 It's all I have in me. 431 00:41:26,853 --> 00:41:28,888 [jazz music playing] 432 00:41:40,567 --> 00:41:42,969 [chattering] 433 00:41:49,142 --> 00:41:51,644 "Temperatures of almost 60 degrees below zero 434 00:41:51,745 --> 00:41:54,347 and winds topping 50 miles an hour." [laughs] 435 00:41:54,447 --> 00:41:56,716 "Man and dog risk all 436 00:41:57,217 --> 00:42:00,453 on a 640-mile round trip." 437 00:42:00,553 --> 00:42:02,880 [radio announcer] With lives in the balance, 438 00:42:02,122 --> 00:42:05,392 a heroic race runs through conditions so terrible we can scarcely imagine. 439 00:42:05,458 --> 00:42:08,161 ...The question on everyone's lips is not "can they get there and back in time?" 440 00:42:08,161 --> 00:42:10,960 but "can they get there and back at all?" 441 00:42:26,579 --> 00:42:29,816 Well done, pups. Well done! 442 00:42:56,710 --> 00:42:57,877 [man] You're trail weary. 443 00:42:58,945 --> 00:43:00,460 [Seppala] I've been worse. 444 00:43:02,215 --> 00:43:03,683 So, to Nulato next? 445 00:43:04,217 --> 00:43:05,685 In an hour. 446 00:43:05,785 --> 00:43:07,554 Why? We bothering you? 447 00:43:08,154 --> 00:43:10,190 Only the white man bothers me. 448 00:43:10,290 --> 00:43:11,491 [chuckles] 449 00:43:11,558 --> 00:43:13,927 I only tolerate you because I like your little dog. 450 00:43:14,494 --> 00:43:16,296 You like to bet on my little dog. 451 00:43:17,697 --> 00:43:20,734 There are advantages to being at this roadhouse on race days. 452 00:43:22,100 --> 00:43:26,706 Most dogs, when they reach Shaktoolik, have worry in their eyes. 453 00:43:27,741 --> 00:43:29,909 This one, never. 454 00:43:30,643 --> 00:43:32,145 This one wants to hurry up and win 455 00:43:32,212 --> 00:43:34,814 so he can chase caribou and fight polar bear. 456 00:43:37,150 --> 00:43:38,685 I tried to give him away, you know. 457 00:43:42,489 --> 00:43:43,490 Twice. 458 00:43:59,673 --> 00:44:01,740 [Togo whines] 459 00:44:11,418 --> 00:44:12,619 Whoa! 460 00:44:20,593 --> 00:44:23,229 When I told my father I was leaving for Alaska, 461 00:44:23,863 --> 00:44:25,932 he laughed at me. He thought it was a joke. 462 00:44:26,700 --> 00:44:28,735 Only an idiot would be foolish enough 463 00:44:28,802 --> 00:44:32,339 to give up an apprenticeship in Norway to be unemployed in America. 464 00:44:34,240 --> 00:44:37,711 When I said the word "gold," he slapped me. 465 00:44:38,712 --> 00:44:42,480 And he promised me that the only gold I would find in Alaska 466 00:44:42,115 --> 00:44:43,883 was what I'd brought in my own teeth. 467 00:44:45,919 --> 00:44:47,420 [sighs] He was right. 468 00:44:49,222 --> 00:44:51,524 I've dug so many holes in this country. 469 00:44:52,459 --> 00:44:56,629 The law of averages would say that, at least, I'd find some gold but... 470 00:44:58,765 --> 00:44:59,766 no. 471 00:45:03,136 --> 00:45:06,439 My business is dogs, not pets. Working dogs. 472 00:45:06,506 --> 00:45:08,675 And hard decisions have to be made. 473 00:45:09,442 --> 00:45:11,778 If this is the hardest decision we ever have to make, 474 00:45:11,845 --> 00:45:14,114 then you can consider us lucky. 475 00:45:16,816 --> 00:45:19,285 You see spirit and something lovable. 476 00:45:20,253 --> 00:45:24,491 All I see is trouble, waste of time, and failure. 477 00:45:26,926 --> 00:45:27,927 Step up! 478 00:45:38,304 --> 00:45:41,641 [woman] Oh, he's just perfect. 479 00:45:41,708 --> 00:45:44,644 [Seppala] He's an escape artist, though, as I told you before. 480 00:45:44,711 --> 00:45:48,481 Oh. Don't worry about that. I want him to be an inside dog. 481 00:45:48,548 --> 00:45:49,849 Well, inside might not... 482 00:45:49,949 --> 00:45:51,985 Last winter I had wolves at the door. 483 00:45:52,520 --> 00:45:54,721 They would jump up at the window and stare at me. 484 00:45:55,488 --> 00:45:59,159 Trust me. There were no wolves where I was raised in Ireland. 485 00:45:59,225 --> 00:46:03,630 But with this lad by my side, no wolf would dare enter. 486 00:46:03,697 --> 00:46:05,365 Unless he opens the door for them. 487 00:46:06,399 --> 00:46:07,634 I beg pardon? 488 00:46:07,701 --> 00:46:11,705 Uh, my wife was just reminding me that we must be going. 489 00:46:11,805 --> 00:46:14,974 So, please, enjoy your puppy. 490 00:46:15,410 --> 00:46:16,142 Thank you. 491 00:46:22,482 --> 00:46:26,519 It's okay, sweetheart. This is your new home. 492 00:46:30,924 --> 00:46:31,991 He'll be fine. 493 00:46:32,580 --> 00:46:33,493 [Togo barking] 494 00:46:52,379 --> 00:46:53,446 Okay, hike! 495 00:47:00,954 --> 00:47:02,756 That's enough now, you daft mongrel. 496 00:47:03,757 --> 00:47:05,625 You're no dog, you're the Devil himself. 497 00:47:06,459 --> 00:47:09,796 That's it. You go ahead and run. 498 00:47:09,896 --> 00:47:11,498 There's no way out. 499 00:47:11,598 --> 00:47:12,632 [opera music playing] 500 00:47:12,732 --> 00:47:14,467 All the time in the world. 501 00:47:14,567 --> 00:47:17,637 You'll run till you're tired, then we can start working on your manners. 502 00:47:17,737 --> 00:47:18,638 [barks] 503 00:47:18,738 --> 00:47:22,208 Oi! This isn't Little Creek anymore, you little hooligan. 504 00:47:30,917 --> 00:47:32,819 Ah, that's better. 505 00:47:33,486 --> 00:47:34,921 There you are. 506 00:47:34,988 --> 00:47:36,322 Now, you be a good boy 507 00:47:36,990 --> 00:47:39,259 and I'll fix you a nice beef steak for your lunch. 508 00:47:43,830 --> 00:47:45,398 Oh, no! No. No! 509 00:48:03,783 --> 00:48:05,485 Hike! Hike! 510 00:48:09,122 --> 00:48:10,357 [dog barks] 511 00:48:10,457 --> 00:48:11,458 Whoa! 512 00:48:12,359 --> 00:48:13,727 [dog barking] 513 00:48:34,180 --> 00:48:36,716 [dogs barking] 514 00:48:45,225 --> 00:48:46,493 Whoa! 515 00:48:58,380 --> 00:48:59,390 Hey! 516 00:49:00,373 --> 00:49:03,760 Every predator for miles smells that blood. 517 00:49:03,877 --> 00:49:05,178 I'm trying to save your life. 518 00:49:06,212 --> 00:49:08,181 Okay, Russky, come with me. 519 00:49:09,149 --> 00:49:11,651 Come on, up. Up. 520 00:49:14,220 --> 00:49:15,221 Good dog. 521 00:49:17,900 --> 00:49:19,659 Oh, no. Don't even think about it. 522 00:49:27,701 --> 00:49:30,837 All right. Last row for you. 523 00:49:33,940 --> 00:49:40,347 Meet Ilsa. Try something with her and I promise you, you'll regret it. 524 00:49:43,750 --> 00:49:46,553 [Ilsa growling] 525 00:50:02,869 --> 00:50:04,604 All right, hike! 526 00:50:39,906 --> 00:50:42,776 Well, you outran Ilsa. Let's see how you do on point. 527 00:50:44,844 --> 00:50:45,845 Good. 528 00:50:47,580 --> 00:50:48,615 Come on. 529 00:50:51,951 --> 00:50:53,186 Good dog, Jens. 530 00:50:55,789 --> 00:50:56,823 [Ilsa growling] 531 00:50:58,858 --> 00:51:01,327 [whining] 532 00:51:09,436 --> 00:51:10,870 [Togo yelping] 533 00:51:48,174 --> 00:51:49,275 Haw! 534 00:52:00,253 --> 00:52:01,688 Good pups. 535 00:52:23,376 --> 00:52:25,979 [dogs barking] 536 00:52:37,857 --> 00:52:41,561 Good dogs! Good dogs! Good dogs! 537 00:52:51,971 --> 00:52:54,941 Whoa! 538 00:52:55,410 --> 00:52:57,344 It's the most extraordinary thing I've ever seen. 539 00:52:57,410 --> 00:52:59,512 He's not a sled dog, he's a lead dog. 540 00:52:59,579 --> 00:53:02,382 You should have seen him. He outran every single one of them. 541 00:53:03,249 --> 00:53:06,753 - He's magnificent. A future champion. - There's blood. 542 00:53:06,820 --> 00:53:10,790 You were right. He's got the heart of a survivor. 543 00:53:12,759 --> 00:53:14,894 I'm going to name him Togo. 544 00:53:15,662 --> 00:53:19,799 After the admiral. An underdog named for an underdog. 545 00:53:21,101 --> 00:53:22,202 It's fitting. 546 00:53:25,672 --> 00:53:26,806 [Seppala chuckles] 547 00:53:34,514 --> 00:53:37,450 Honey! Come here, please? 548 00:53:42,220 --> 00:53:44,324 Come. Step around him, he won't move. 549 00:53:44,424 --> 00:53:47,627 - I have things to do. - Over here. Next to me. 550 00:53:48,595 --> 00:53:49,596 Please. 551 00:53:57,203 --> 00:54:00,807 Okay, now, call him. Ask him to come into the bedroom. 552 00:54:01,675 --> 00:54:02,676 Do it. 553 00:54:03,977 --> 00:54:05,450 Togo, come. 554 00:54:05,679 --> 00:54:06,713 Again. 555 00:54:06,813 --> 00:54:09,916 - [scoffs] This isn't fair. - Of course it is. Again, more demanding. 556 00:54:11,518 --> 00:54:14,387 Togo, you come in this room! 557 00:54:14,487 --> 00:54:16,856 My husband is trying to prove a point of some kind. 558 00:54:18,240 --> 00:54:20,326 No dogs in the bedroom. 559 00:54:21,528 --> 00:54:23,697 Good boy, Togo. Good boy. 560 00:54:24,230 --> 00:54:26,533 Outstanding! 561 00:54:27,634 --> 00:54:28,635 Good dog. 562 00:54:29,335 --> 00:54:31,438 [man] I don't care what the governor says, he's wrong. 563 00:54:31,471 --> 00:54:33,973 Irrespective of how you feel, Jafet... 564 00:54:34,400 --> 00:54:35,475 Well, Mrs. Seppala. 565 00:54:35,542 --> 00:54:38,545 Any musher would be lucky to survive 30 miles in this weather. 566 00:54:38,645 --> 00:54:41,214 Seppala's the only one who can survive a longer run! 567 00:54:41,314 --> 00:54:43,216 What's this nonsense about a relay? 568 00:54:43,583 --> 00:54:46,453 Uh, now, Constance, this is a good thing. 569 00:54:46,519 --> 00:54:47,921 - Is this it? - It is. 570 00:54:48,210 --> 00:54:50,223 Fourteen teams stationed at these roadhouses 571 00:54:50,323 --> 00:54:52,920 between Nenana and Shaktoolik. 572 00:54:52,192 --> 00:54:54,294 Even as we speak, they're running short legs 573 00:54:54,361 --> 00:54:56,363 passing the serum from one sled to the next. 574 00:54:56,429 --> 00:55:00,433 And on our end, two teams will go out to these roadhouses and wait for Seppala. 575 00:55:01,768 --> 00:55:03,937 We'll need another sled for the relay on our end. 576 00:55:04,370 --> 00:55:05,872 Is it possible you can put together a team for us? 577 00:55:05,905 --> 00:55:06,906 Of course. 578 00:55:07,700 --> 00:55:08,441 Do you think your man, Gunnar, would drive them? 579 00:55:08,441 --> 00:55:09,876 - Of course. - Good. 580 00:55:09,943 --> 00:55:11,511 The governor came up with this when? 581 00:55:11,578 --> 00:55:13,279 Twelve hours after Seppala departed. 582 00:55:14,547 --> 00:55:17,417 Leave it to a politician to change the rules after the game's begun. 583 00:55:17,517 --> 00:55:19,886 No. This is a good thing. 584 00:55:19,953 --> 00:55:21,421 Seppala won't have to go as far. 585 00:55:21,521 --> 00:55:24,570 - But he has no idea there's a relay. - Exactly. 586 00:55:24,124 --> 00:55:26,192 Just... Please. 587 00:55:27,927 --> 00:55:30,196 Now, by best estimate, 588 00:55:30,263 --> 00:55:34,340 the relay should be at the roadhouse in Shaktoolik tomorrow. 589 00:55:34,100 --> 00:55:36,136 Now the governor's people have worked this all out. 590 00:55:36,236 --> 00:55:39,406 And by all accounts, when Seppala arrives at Shaktoolik tomorrow, 591 00:55:39,472 --> 00:55:41,307 the serum will be there waiting for him. 592 00:55:41,408 --> 00:55:42,809 [Constance] He's in Shaktoolik now. 593 00:55:43,910 --> 00:55:46,780 - Or past it. - What? No. No, that's not possible. 594 00:55:46,880 --> 00:55:50,216 I know my husband, if there's ice on Norton Sound, he's crossed it. 595 00:55:50,283 --> 00:55:52,585 In this storm? Surely he's not going to try and cross... 596 00:55:52,652 --> 00:55:53,753 Of course he would. 597 00:55:54,554 --> 00:55:57,557 Going around the Sound is 90 miles, crossing it is 20. 598 00:55:57,624 --> 00:55:58,892 He saves a day each way. 599 00:55:58,958 --> 00:56:02,429 George, if there's ice on the Sound, he's crossed it. 600 00:56:03,263 --> 00:56:04,831 And if they don't meet at the roadhouse... 601 00:56:04,831 --> 00:56:08,101 Then they'll just hook up on the trail. 602 00:56:08,168 --> 00:56:11,104 There are 1,000 ways a driver can miss another on the trail. 603 00:56:11,171 --> 00:56:13,106 A thousand ways in good weather. 604 00:56:13,973 --> 00:56:15,909 - You know this. - I do. 605 00:56:15,975 --> 00:56:19,346 So, if my husband doesn't magically run into your relay team, 606 00:56:19,446 --> 00:56:20,547 the one he is not even looking for, 607 00:56:20,580 --> 00:56:22,282 he and his dogs will drive on for Nenana. 608 00:56:22,349 --> 00:56:25,618 And your relay driver, when he realizes he's missed them, 609 00:56:25,685 --> 00:56:27,120 he will set out on his own. 610 00:56:27,187 --> 00:56:28,555 But he wouldn't do that, would he? 611 00:56:28,621 --> 00:56:30,957 - Who is it? Who's the driver? - Henry Ivanoff. 612 00:56:31,240 --> 00:56:32,926 Well, Henry is tough and brave, 613 00:56:32,992 --> 00:56:36,620 and he's not going to sit in front of a warm fire while children die. 614 00:56:36,129 --> 00:56:37,530 I promise you that. He'll set out. 615 00:56:40,166 --> 00:56:41,301 Well, can he make it? 616 00:56:44,400 --> 00:56:45,839 I won't speculate on the life of a musher. 617 00:56:48,475 --> 00:56:49,476 Can he? 618 00:56:51,478 --> 00:56:53,947 My guess is we don't find Henry until the spring. 619 00:56:54,948 --> 00:56:58,485 Not him, not his dogs, not the serum, until the thaw. 620 00:56:59,386 --> 00:57:00,387 [Mayor] But, uh... 621 00:57:00,487 --> 00:57:02,220 Four days ago, in this very room, 622 00:57:02,122 --> 00:57:05,458 we concluded only one man and one dog could make that run. 623 00:57:06,159 --> 00:57:07,894 And nothing has changed but the weather. 624 00:57:09,996 --> 00:57:11,970 It's worse. 625 00:57:11,731 --> 00:57:14,334 [George] All those children... lost. 626 00:57:19,339 --> 00:57:20,507 Pray they meet. 627 00:57:43,396 --> 00:57:44,931 [Henry] Gee! Gee! 628 00:57:48,668 --> 00:57:51,438 Gee! Gee! Round. 629 00:58:00,714 --> 00:58:03,116 Hike! Gee! Gee! 630 00:58:12,559 --> 00:58:14,427 Leave it. Leave it! 631 00:58:15,610 --> 00:58:17,163 Haw! Haw! 632 00:58:20,660 --> 00:58:21,670 Leave it! 633 00:58:23,203 --> 00:58:24,204 Haw! 634 00:58:46,993 --> 00:58:48,610 [barks] 635 00:58:48,128 --> 00:58:50,630 [dogs barking] 636 00:58:58,905 --> 00:58:59,906 No, no, no, no, no. 637 00:59:00,740 --> 00:59:01,941 Sepp, no! 638 00:59:02,676 --> 00:59:03,677 Don't! 639 00:59:05,578 --> 00:59:07,113 Sepp! Sepp! 640 00:59:08,948 --> 00:59:10,183 I have the serum! 641 00:59:11,818 --> 00:59:14,587 No! I have the serum. 642 00:59:15,755 --> 00:59:16,756 Sepp! 643 00:59:17,924 --> 00:59:18,958 Sepp! 644 00:59:20,193 --> 00:59:21,194 No! 645 00:59:37,811 --> 00:59:40,814 [dogs barking in distance] 646 01:00:23,723 --> 01:00:27,560 [Henry] Bill Shannon took the first leg. Ran through the night. 647 01:00:28,395 --> 01:00:29,863 Fifty below, easy. 648 01:00:30,597 --> 01:00:33,633 He arrived in Tolovana with his face black from frostbite. 649 01:00:34,934 --> 01:00:37,370 He passed on to Ed Kallands. 650 01:00:37,604 --> 01:00:40,874 They had to pour hot water on his hands 'cause they were frozen to the sled. 651 01:00:42,709 --> 01:00:44,770 Then went Tommy Patsy. 652 01:00:46,790 --> 01:00:47,213 Then Jackscrew. 653 01:00:48,810 --> 01:00:50,583 But none of us are as tough as you, Sepp. 654 01:00:57,570 --> 01:00:58,758 - Sepp? - Yeah, what? 655 01:01:00,930 --> 01:01:01,940 You okay? 656 01:01:02,696 --> 01:01:05,298 Of course. Never better. 657 01:01:10,637 --> 01:01:11,905 What about him? 658 01:01:11,971 --> 01:01:13,390 What about him? 659 01:01:14,441 --> 01:01:16,142 Please take this the right way, okay? 660 01:01:17,877 --> 01:01:21,114 That, right there, is the best dog I've ever known... 661 01:01:22,916 --> 01:01:25,118 but what I'm looking at is a spent animal. 662 01:01:26,486 --> 01:01:30,230 He is. This storm just about broke all my pups. 663 01:01:31,991 --> 01:01:34,594 I wouldn't be a true friend if I didn't speak my mind and... 664 01:01:36,162 --> 01:01:37,430 [sighs] 665 01:01:39,933 --> 01:01:42,802 Leave him here. I'll take good care of him till the weather breaks. 666 01:01:42,902 --> 01:01:43,970 He's my lead! 667 01:01:46,139 --> 01:01:48,641 Now do yourself a favor and tend to your own. 668 01:01:54,347 --> 01:01:55,382 Sure, Sepp. 669 01:02:02,956 --> 01:02:03,990 I'm sorry. 670 01:02:05,258 --> 01:02:07,660 I shouldn't have spoken to you like that. 671 01:02:07,761 --> 01:02:09,362 Yeah, don't give it a second thought. 672 01:02:09,462 --> 01:02:12,365 No, that was shameful of me. 673 01:02:13,266 --> 01:02:15,835 Especially since what you said was out of kindness. 674 01:02:18,104 --> 01:02:19,339 Whatever happens tomorrow, 675 01:02:19,439 --> 01:02:22,475 fortune or fault, is mine and mine to reconcile. 676 01:02:23,476 --> 01:02:26,120 But I thank you, Henry, for thinking of the dog. 677 01:02:28,381 --> 01:02:29,549 Not many do. 678 01:02:35,622 --> 01:02:38,240 [doctor] "To sleep, to sleep. 679 01:02:39,250 --> 01:02:40,860 The long bright day is done. 680 01:02:41,861 --> 01:02:44,397 And darkness rises from the fall of the sun. 681 01:02:45,965 --> 01:02:48,368 To sleep, to sleep. 682 01:02:49,569 --> 01:02:52,806 Whate'er thy joys, they vanish with the day. 683 01:02:53,907 --> 01:02:58,780 Whate'er thy griefs, in sleep they fade away. 684 01:02:59,450 --> 01:03:01,314 To sleep, to sleep. 685 01:03:02,820 --> 01:03:06,419 Sleep mournful heart and let the past be past. 686 01:03:07,530 --> 01:03:09,155 Sleep, happy soul. 687 01:03:10,900 --> 01:03:12,692 All life will sleep at last. 688 01:03:14,728 --> 01:03:15,729 To sleep. 689 01:03:17,397 --> 01:03:18,665 To sleep." 690 01:03:22,602 --> 01:03:24,537 [man] Still time for me to place a bet? 691 01:03:24,604 --> 01:03:26,473 [Seppala] Thanks for your hospitality. 692 01:03:26,539 --> 01:03:27,841 Looks like I was wrong. 693 01:03:27,907 --> 01:03:31,578 You weren't wrong. The die is cast. We'll make it. 694 01:03:37,517 --> 01:03:40,253 [barking] 695 01:03:42,288 --> 01:03:44,657 All right, Togo! Hike! 696 01:03:49,429 --> 01:03:50,930 He's going across the Sound again. 697 01:03:51,798 --> 01:03:53,466 [Henry] Seppala, no! 698 01:03:54,634 --> 01:03:56,369 He knows what his dogs have left. 699 01:03:57,537 --> 01:03:59,906 For him, it's the Sound or nothing. 700 01:04:15,655 --> 01:04:18,910 [dogs barking] 701 01:04:33,606 --> 01:04:35,775 [barking] 702 01:04:38,278 --> 01:04:39,279 Hike! 703 01:04:54,127 --> 01:04:55,128 Gee! Gee! 704 01:04:57,300 --> 01:04:59,265 [ice cracking] 705 01:05:08,108 --> 01:05:09,242 Haw! Haw! 706 01:05:12,679 --> 01:05:14,470 Good puppies! 707 01:05:15,382 --> 01:05:16,549 Good dogs! 708 01:05:17,517 --> 01:05:19,386 Good dog! Go puppies! 709 01:05:20,530 --> 01:05:21,540 Go! 710 01:05:22,389 --> 01:05:23,823 Hold up, Togo! 711 01:05:26,226 --> 01:05:27,460 Good dog. 712 01:05:28,895 --> 01:05:29,896 Run! 713 01:05:32,165 --> 01:05:33,166 Run! 714 01:05:35,350 --> 01:05:36,102 On straight. 715 01:05:38,972 --> 01:05:40,340 Run, puppies! 716 01:05:47,380 --> 01:05:49,983 [cheering] 717 01:05:52,152 --> 01:05:54,387 - Come on! Come on! - Go, go, go, go, go! 718 01:05:59,526 --> 01:06:02,529 Twenty more dollars on Leonhard Seppala. 719 01:06:03,396 --> 01:06:05,799 Twenty dollars on those itty-bitty dogs. 720 01:06:05,899 --> 01:06:07,767 Scotty Allan, the greatest musher of all time, 721 01:06:07,867 --> 01:06:09,903 left the last roadhouse in the lead. 722 01:06:10,300 --> 01:06:11,104 Friend, this race is over. 723 01:06:11,204 --> 01:06:13,730 [men laughing] 724 01:06:25,552 --> 01:06:26,853 You see that? 725 01:06:26,920 --> 01:06:29,189 That's the best dog team in the world, right there. 726 01:06:30,256 --> 01:06:32,792 - Hike! Hike! - [Seppala] They know who they are, 727 01:06:32,892 --> 01:06:34,894 time for us to find out who we are. 728 01:06:36,863 --> 01:06:40,533 Go! Come on, puppies! 729 01:06:40,600 --> 01:06:43,103 Haw! Haw! 730 01:06:43,203 --> 01:06:48,108 Haw! Haw! Haw! Haw! 731 01:06:48,208 --> 01:06:49,609 Hike! Good dog! 732 01:06:57,117 --> 01:06:59,252 Come on, dogs! Come on, dogs! 733 01:06:59,319 --> 01:07:02,689 Hike! Hike! Hike! Hike! 734 01:07:02,789 --> 01:07:07,827 Good dogs! Good dogs! Good dogs! 735 01:07:07,927 --> 01:07:08,928 [Scotty] Hike, doggy! 736 01:07:14,167 --> 01:07:15,402 [Seppala] Whoo-hoo! 737 01:07:17,637 --> 01:07:18,838 Wait a minute. 738 01:07:18,938 --> 01:07:20,273 That's not Scotty. 739 01:07:22,776 --> 01:07:23,843 Who is that? 740 01:07:23,943 --> 01:07:28,715 That, my friends, is Leonhard Seppala and his itty-bitty dogs. 741 01:07:28,782 --> 01:07:32,520 [man laughs] Whoo! 742 01:07:33,453 --> 01:07:36,756 [crowd cheering] 743 01:07:43,430 --> 01:07:45,832 Whoa! 744 01:07:48,101 --> 01:07:49,936 [cheering continues] 745 01:07:50,470 --> 01:07:51,838 Congratulations, Sepp. 746 01:07:58,678 --> 01:08:00,380 Togo. Hi. 747 01:08:00,814 --> 01:08:03,817 Well done. You did it. [chuckles] 748 01:08:04,451 --> 01:08:05,652 Good boy. 749 01:08:10,457 --> 01:08:12,225 [hammering] 750 01:08:19,699 --> 01:08:22,350 Did you ever think we'd have such a thing on our wall? 751 01:08:22,135 --> 01:08:25,538 [chuckles] I never thought we'd have $5,000 in prize money. 752 01:08:25,638 --> 01:08:27,574 Prize money you can't hang on a wall. 753 01:08:27,674 --> 01:08:30,643 Actually, you can if you have enough pins. 754 01:08:32,212 --> 01:08:34,347 All thanks to this troublemaker. 755 01:08:35,315 --> 01:08:38,918 The only one who never underestimated you, was you. 756 01:08:39,190 --> 01:08:42,222 - [Constance clears throat] - [stammers] And my genius wife. 757 01:08:42,322 --> 01:08:44,858 My beautiful, genius wife. 758 01:08:48,940 --> 01:08:51,970 [dogs barking] 759 01:09:15,355 --> 01:09:16,356 Haw! 760 01:09:18,591 --> 01:09:19,592 Haw! 761 01:09:31,705 --> 01:09:33,707 [rumbling] 762 01:09:37,877 --> 01:09:38,912 Hike up! 763 01:10:14,414 --> 01:10:15,415 Hike up! 764 01:10:20,860 --> 01:10:21,421 Up! Up! Up! 765 01:10:50,183 --> 01:10:51,184 Run! 766 01:11:00,293 --> 01:11:01,361 Hike up! 767 01:11:27,487 --> 01:11:28,688 - [grunts] - [yelps] 768 01:11:28,755 --> 01:11:30,757 Togo! Hike up! Go! 769 01:11:38,865 --> 01:11:39,866 Good dog! 770 01:11:41,401 --> 01:11:42,902 Good dog! 771 01:11:44,437 --> 01:11:45,839 Run puppies! 772 01:11:55,882 --> 01:11:56,883 We made it. 773 01:11:59,853 --> 01:12:01,287 We made it! 774 01:12:04,758 --> 01:12:06,459 Whoa! Whoa! 775 01:12:10,697 --> 01:12:12,980 [barks] 776 01:12:59,846 --> 01:13:02,515 No matter what happens, forgive me. 777 01:13:08,355 --> 01:13:11,910 Hike up, Togo! Hike! 778 01:13:15,428 --> 01:13:16,596 [whines] 779 01:13:16,663 --> 01:13:18,498 Hike up! Hike up! 780 01:13:27,207 --> 01:13:28,441 Pull up, Togo! 781 01:13:29,342 --> 01:13:30,510 Pull! 782 01:13:31,544 --> 01:13:32,712 Pull! 783 01:13:33,146 --> 01:13:35,115 No, Fritz. Wait! Wait! 784 01:13:40,653 --> 01:13:42,522 [barking] 785 01:13:46,960 --> 01:13:47,961 Yes! 786 01:13:51,364 --> 01:13:52,465 Yes! Hike! 787 01:14:01,141 --> 01:14:02,142 [screams] 788 01:14:09,916 --> 01:14:11,718 [yelling] 789 01:14:12,919 --> 01:14:14,540 [grunts] 790 01:14:25,999 --> 01:14:28,401 Good boy, Togo! Good dog. 791 01:14:31,204 --> 01:14:32,472 Good dogs, all! 792 01:14:39,450 --> 01:14:40,380 Get up there, puppies. 793 01:14:49,923 --> 01:14:51,257 You know, I can do that. 794 01:14:51,791 --> 01:14:53,927 I'll do it. Drink that. 795 01:15:17,384 --> 01:15:18,385 Why? 796 01:15:21,921 --> 01:15:23,723 [speaking foreign language] 797 01:15:30,397 --> 01:15:32,198 The pine stings her eyes. 798 01:15:42,475 --> 01:15:44,244 [Constance] Thank you for doing this, Gunnar. 799 01:15:44,277 --> 01:15:45,679 [Gunnar] Anything I can do to help. 800 01:15:46,120 --> 01:15:48,181 My greatest worry is that he'd be within miles and... 801 01:15:48,281 --> 01:15:50,116 No such thing is going to happen. 802 01:15:50,183 --> 01:15:54,200 Sepp is the best musher I know. Nothing will stop him from getting home. 803 01:15:54,120 --> 01:15:56,322 If you'll outfit the sled, I'll start pulling dogs. 804 01:15:56,423 --> 01:15:58,910 No, no, Mrs. Seppala. I can do both. 805 01:15:58,158 --> 01:15:59,325 You should sleep. 806 01:15:59,426 --> 01:16:01,940 I've had my fill of time in the house. 807 01:16:01,161 --> 01:16:04,698 If it's all the same to you, I'd prefer to fetch dogs. 808 01:16:04,798 --> 01:16:07,801 Sure. And who do you think I should have in lead? 809 01:16:07,867 --> 01:16:11,304 Fox is the best dog left. Paired with Balto. 810 01:16:12,305 --> 01:16:13,406 They won't win any races, 811 01:16:13,506 --> 01:16:15,675 but they'll plow through snow and run home for dinner. 812 01:16:27,220 --> 01:16:28,221 Thank you. 813 01:16:33,460 --> 01:16:35,295 [barking] 814 01:16:37,300 --> 01:16:38,310 Hike up! 815 01:16:39,232 --> 01:16:40,467 Good dogs. 816 01:16:47,700 --> 01:16:49,209 Pass the word there's chores waiting for him. 817 01:16:50,760 --> 01:16:51,770 Gladly. 818 01:16:56,649 --> 01:16:58,718 Fox, Balto. Hike! 819 01:17:15,368 --> 01:17:16,369 Come with me. 820 01:17:17,300 --> 01:17:18,204 [Seppala] I haven't the time. 821 01:17:18,905 --> 01:17:19,973 Come. 822 01:17:20,400 --> 01:17:21,341 I need to go. 823 01:17:30,830 --> 01:17:31,851 Last night I was worried about you. 824 01:17:33,887 --> 01:17:36,122 Thought you'd bit off more than you could chew. 825 01:17:38,240 --> 01:17:39,920 Then I saw that. 826 01:17:40,727 --> 01:17:42,620 And asked myself... 827 01:17:43,129 --> 01:17:46,633 "Why should Amituk worry about any man... 828 01:17:48,340 --> 01:17:50,637 who cheats death like this?" 829 01:18:07,554 --> 01:18:09,322 Now, you're gonna ride in the sled. 830 01:18:10,900 --> 01:18:12,225 Even if it's just for 20 miles. 831 01:18:18,264 --> 01:18:21,000 Come now, for once ride in the sled. 832 01:18:23,570 --> 01:18:24,571 Stay. 833 01:18:36,850 --> 01:18:37,851 [grunts] 834 01:18:47,961 --> 01:18:48,962 Hike! 835 01:19:06,546 --> 01:19:07,614 [grunts] 836 01:19:33,907 --> 01:19:34,941 Whoa! 837 01:19:53,260 --> 01:19:57,970 Togo! I'm sorry. I can't help you. 838 01:19:57,897 --> 01:19:58,898 I can't see. 839 01:19:59,599 --> 01:20:01,601 We need to get to the next roadhouse. 840 01:20:02,335 --> 01:20:04,337 Take us to Big Joe. I know you can. 841 01:20:05,905 --> 01:20:07,730 I know you can. 842 01:20:07,941 --> 01:20:10,110 Good dog. Good dog. 843 01:20:11,611 --> 01:20:12,612 Hike up! 844 01:20:45,278 --> 01:20:46,446 [dog whimpers] 845 01:21:36,196 --> 01:21:37,464 Oh, no. 846 01:21:40,633 --> 01:21:41,835 [groans] 847 01:21:48,708 --> 01:21:49,843 Togo? 848 01:21:55,480 --> 01:21:56,490 Togo? 849 01:22:05,250 --> 01:22:08,280 We can't stop. We must keep going. 850 01:22:08,728 --> 01:22:13,666 Do you understand? We stop, we die. 851 01:22:14,467 --> 01:22:19,873 Listen to me, if you stop, you die. 852 01:22:27,470 --> 01:22:28,548 [creaking] 853 01:22:30,216 --> 01:22:31,618 - [man] Seppala? - Oh! 854 01:22:33,319 --> 01:22:35,188 - Seppala, is that you? - Oh, God. 855 01:22:35,255 --> 01:22:36,990 Joe, we're here. 856 01:22:37,570 --> 01:22:38,358 Oh, God. 857 01:22:38,425 --> 01:22:40,293 The serum's in the sled. 858 01:22:44,864 --> 01:22:47,670 You go inside. I'll get the dogs in the barn. 859 01:22:47,167 --> 01:22:48,702 Thank you. But not him. 860 01:22:52,706 --> 01:22:54,674 You're magnificent. 861 01:23:01,614 --> 01:23:05,585 Magnificent. Magnificent. 862 01:23:06,619 --> 01:23:08,355 Seppala! Inside. 863 01:23:51,970 --> 01:23:52,799 Now, Leonhard, your race is over. 864 01:23:53,633 --> 01:23:54,801 Just have a drink with me. 865 01:24:01,741 --> 01:24:04,411 This one, this one here. 866 01:24:05,780 --> 01:24:08,281 All those miles in this storm, 12 years old. 867 01:24:09,416 --> 01:24:11,184 That's just incredible. 868 01:24:11,284 --> 01:24:12,285 [man] Wish me luck. 869 01:24:36,343 --> 01:24:38,478 [grunting] 870 01:24:44,351 --> 01:24:46,190 [man] Charlie, you made it. 871 01:24:46,119 --> 01:24:47,954 - Here. - [man] Is this the serum? 872 01:24:48,210 --> 01:24:49,823 - Warm this. - Aye. 873 01:24:49,889 --> 01:24:51,624 - Good luck, Gunnar. - Thanks. 874 01:24:51,691 --> 01:24:54,527 My dogs, my dogs, they're... I need help. 875 01:25:41,941 --> 01:25:43,276 There is a sled coming to town. 876 01:25:46,913 --> 01:25:48,848 [grunting] 877 01:25:49,749 --> 01:25:51,418 [panting] 878 01:25:54,870 --> 01:25:55,422 Here. 879 01:25:55,522 --> 01:25:56,589 Thank you. 880 01:26:00,427 --> 01:26:02,495 [dogs barking, whining] 881 01:26:03,363 --> 01:26:07,634 Sir, I need your name, for the record, sir. 882 01:26:08,234 --> 01:26:09,536 Gunnar Kaasen. 883 01:26:10,136 --> 01:26:12,906 "Gunnar Kaasen." Excellent. 884 01:26:12,972 --> 01:26:16,760 Now, the lead dog. What's its name? 885 01:26:16,142 --> 01:26:17,777 One's called Fox. 886 01:26:17,877 --> 01:26:19,112 "Fox"? 887 01:26:19,212 --> 01:26:22,549 People will think it's a real fox. The other one, what's its name? 888 01:26:23,283 --> 01:26:24,417 Balto. 889 01:26:24,484 --> 01:26:26,986 "Balto." Yeah. Perfect. 890 01:26:27,721 --> 01:26:30,256 Hey! Get that dog's photo there. 891 01:26:30,323 --> 01:26:34,940 That's Balto. Champion savior of Nome. 892 01:26:54,347 --> 01:26:56,616 [children chattering] 893 01:26:57,150 --> 01:26:59,219 [laughing] 894 01:27:25,779 --> 01:27:28,114 [Joe] You ought to stay another week, at least. 895 01:27:28,181 --> 01:27:29,349 [Seppala] Look at this. 896 01:27:29,449 --> 01:27:33,386 I know, I just wish you would allow yourself more... 897 01:27:33,486 --> 01:27:35,455 You've been a fine host, Joe. 898 01:27:35,522 --> 01:27:37,791 You treated me and my dogs like family. 899 01:27:37,857 --> 01:27:38,892 Thank you. 900 01:27:44,464 --> 01:27:45,532 He up to it? 901 01:27:51,471 --> 01:27:52,472 We'll make it. 902 01:28:30,944 --> 01:28:34,800 [dogs barking] 903 01:29:11,618 --> 01:29:12,919 There's a dog in our bedroom. 904 01:29:13,653 --> 01:29:14,754 Yes, there is. 905 01:29:16,890 --> 01:29:18,358 [Constance] There's a dog on our bed. 906 01:29:19,259 --> 01:29:22,950 Yes. There is. 907 01:30:01,701 --> 01:30:02,802 You should've woke me. 908 01:30:03,870 --> 01:30:05,972 You had him to yourself long enough. 909 01:30:06,940 --> 01:30:08,775 Then again, to hear the newspapers tell it, 910 01:30:08,842 --> 01:30:11,778 you never left the house. It was all Balto and Gunnar. 911 01:30:11,845 --> 01:30:12,946 We have company. 912 01:30:15,615 --> 01:30:18,418 [dogs barking] 913 01:30:25,580 --> 01:30:27,694 If you like pears, these'll put a smile on your face, I think. 914 01:30:27,794 --> 01:30:29,620 Thank you, Eileen. Come in. 915 01:30:30,196 --> 01:30:33,700 Ah, bacon. It's the best I ever made right here. 916 01:30:33,800 --> 01:30:35,235 - Thank you, Bill. - [Bill chuckles] 917 01:30:36,903 --> 01:30:37,904 Hey, Sepp! 918 01:30:38,538 --> 01:30:39,739 Really, this is too much. 919 01:30:40,540 --> 01:30:41,908 Oh, it's not nearly enough. 920 01:30:45,345 --> 01:30:46,546 [Constance] Good morning, Dan. 921 01:30:46,880 --> 01:30:47,881 [grunts] 922 01:30:48,214 --> 01:30:49,649 Morning, Constance. 923 01:30:49,716 --> 01:30:50,784 Sepp. 924 01:30:51,384 --> 01:30:56,523 So, I had some furs laying around and I stuffed them with straw. 925 01:30:56,589 --> 01:30:59,592 You know, something for between him and the cold floor. 926 01:31:00,360 --> 01:31:01,594 Hey, Togo. 927 01:31:01,695 --> 01:31:03,960 I made something for you. 928 01:31:05,432 --> 01:31:06,833 Well, go on. Give it a try. 929 01:31:09,200 --> 01:31:10,300 Go on. 930 01:31:22,115 --> 01:31:24,584 Thank you, Dan. Have a seat. I'll bring you some coffee. 931 01:31:25,552 --> 01:31:28,555 Uh, no. No, I mean, I'd love to, 932 01:31:28,621 --> 01:31:32,559 but I have my own dogs to attend, 933 01:31:32,625 --> 01:31:34,527 so thank you. 934 01:31:37,130 --> 01:31:38,131 Sepp. 935 01:31:42,635 --> 01:31:43,636 [Mayor] Morning, Dan. 936 01:31:44,471 --> 01:31:46,306 - Knock-knock. - Hello, Mayor. Come in. 937 01:31:48,942 --> 01:31:49,976 That all right, then? 938 01:31:50,760 --> 01:31:51,578 Sepp, thank you so much. 939 01:31:52,746 --> 01:31:54,848 [woman 1] We appreciate everything you've done for us. 940 01:31:55,615 --> 01:31:57,150 [woman 2] Ever so grateful, Mr. Seppala. 941 01:31:57,150 --> 01:31:59,319 - [woman 3] Thank you so much. - [Constance] Thank you. 942 01:32:09,896 --> 01:32:10,930 [knocking on door] 943 01:32:10,997 --> 01:32:12,365 [Constance groans] 944 01:32:13,166 --> 01:32:14,567 No, it's too much. 945 01:32:27,947 --> 01:32:31,451 Hi, Sally. Hello, Dev. Won't you please come in? 946 01:32:38,358 --> 01:32:39,993 - [Seppala] For me? - [Sally] Mm-hmm. 947 01:32:45,532 --> 01:32:46,766 [Sally] It's Togo. 948 01:32:47,167 --> 01:32:48,268 Thank you. 949 01:32:49,469 --> 01:32:51,971 Father carved it, but I painted it. 950 01:32:52,706 --> 01:32:55,475 Well, it's a brilliant likeness, Sally. Thank you. 951 01:33:03,516 --> 01:33:04,884 [whispers] He likes his ears. 952 01:33:06,553 --> 01:33:11,240 Another man would be enjoying all this but not a private man like yourself. 953 01:33:11,124 --> 01:33:12,359 Am I right? 954 01:33:12,792 --> 01:33:14,728 [Constance whispering] Do you think he stayed warm outside? 955 01:33:14,728 --> 01:33:17,664 I wouldn't have come myself if not for her insistence. 956 01:33:17,731 --> 01:33:20,433 - But she wanted to see him... - [Constance whispering indistinctly] 957 01:33:22,680 --> 01:33:26,706 and I want to be with her at every moment. 958 01:33:26,806 --> 01:33:27,841 [Constance] Around the side. 959 01:33:27,874 --> 01:33:30,510 - Top? - [Constance] The top. 960 01:33:30,577 --> 01:33:34,514 It's strange. You know, I... I see her and yet... 961 01:33:35,682 --> 01:33:38,952 I don't know how to describe it, it's unworldly. 962 01:33:39,552 --> 01:33:40,653 Does that make sense? 963 01:33:42,550 --> 01:33:46,426 Kinda like every moment I'm with her seems impossible yet... 964 01:33:47,927 --> 01:33:49,290 yet there she is. 965 01:33:55,201 --> 01:33:56,202 [Sally] Mr. Seppala... 966 01:33:57,437 --> 01:33:58,872 is Togo going to die? 967 01:34:06,279 --> 01:34:08,810 [Constance] Leonhard. Leonhard. 968 01:34:11,518 --> 01:34:14,554 Um, excuse me. I have cake for you both so please stay. 969 01:34:14,621 --> 01:34:16,122 - Okay. - Please. 970 01:34:18,692 --> 01:34:20,694 Leonhard, come back inside and apologize. 971 01:34:20,760 --> 01:34:22,950 They're guests in our home. 972 01:34:22,195 --> 01:34:24,640 Apologize for me. 973 01:34:24,130 --> 01:34:26,700 She meant no ill by it. She's just a child. 974 01:34:26,766 --> 01:34:28,668 I know. She spoke the truth. 975 01:34:28,768 --> 01:34:30,804 No, don't say that. He's on the mend. 976 01:34:30,904 --> 01:34:33,873 It's not winter lameness. He doesn't have a bad paw. 977 01:34:33,940 --> 01:34:36,743 You know. You've seen it before. 978 01:34:40,460 --> 01:34:41,548 Well, could another dog have lead? 979 01:34:41,614 --> 01:34:43,490 We'll never know. 980 01:34:43,116 --> 01:34:45,952 Well, I think you should consider a world where Dev has no child 981 01:34:46,520 --> 01:34:47,387 and I have no husband. 982 01:34:47,454 --> 01:34:50,824 Everything you ever tried to warn me about has come true. 983 01:34:53,760 --> 01:34:55,128 I have run him to death. 984 01:34:56,730 --> 01:34:57,864 I have. 985 01:34:59,966 --> 01:35:01,968 And I'm not at all prepared. 986 01:35:15,982 --> 01:35:16,983 [sniffs] 987 01:35:25,258 --> 01:35:27,660 [barking] 988 01:35:37,203 --> 01:35:39,205 [whimpering] 989 01:36:11,371 --> 01:36:13,673 [whines] 990 01:36:22,480 --> 01:36:23,183 Be safe. 991 01:36:41,534 --> 01:36:43,436 [Togo whining] 992 01:36:48,410 --> 01:36:49,576 [Seppala inhales] 993 01:36:49,676 --> 01:36:50,777 I have to go. 994 01:36:52,545 --> 01:36:53,747 I have to go to work. 995 01:36:56,216 --> 01:36:57,283 Forgive me. 996 01:37:05,392 --> 01:37:06,793 [whining] 997 01:37:15,935 --> 01:37:18,538 Togo. Togo! Hey. Come. 998 01:37:19,205 --> 01:37:21,608 [dogs barking] 999 01:37:32,520 --> 01:37:33,887 - Togo! Hey! Come. - [barking] 1000 01:37:33,953 --> 01:37:36,256 Come now. Togo, come now. Come. 1001 01:37:37,900 --> 01:37:38,792 Togo! Come. Calm down. 1002 01:37:41,161 --> 01:37:42,162 Hike up! 1003 01:37:47,333 --> 01:37:48,334 Quiet! 1004 01:37:48,435 --> 01:37:49,636 [barking stops] 1005 01:37:50,437 --> 01:37:53,306 [Togo barking] 1006 01:38:02,182 --> 01:38:05,510 Okay. Hike! 1007 01:38:06,252 --> 01:38:08,655 [barking continues] 1008 01:38:12,525 --> 01:38:15,995 [whining] 1009 01:38:18,980 --> 01:38:21,301 [barking continues] 1010 01:38:31,211 --> 01:38:32,512 Togo, you want some bacon? 1011 01:38:34,981 --> 01:38:36,583 Good boy. Tog... 1012 01:38:38,451 --> 01:38:40,954 No! No, no, no, no. No! Togo! Hey! 1013 01:38:41,210 --> 01:38:42,655 Hey! Togo! 1014 01:38:45,325 --> 01:38:47,160 Togo! Togo, come! 1015 01:39:09,516 --> 01:39:10,684 Togo! 1016 01:39:12,819 --> 01:39:13,953 Togo! 1017 01:39:25,765 --> 01:39:26,766 Togo! 1018 01:39:35,942 --> 01:39:37,243 Whoa! 1019 01:40:15,810 --> 01:40:16,249 [sighs] 1020 01:40:30,964 --> 01:40:33,933 [Seppala] It was foolish of me to think Togo would ever be denied. 1021 01:40:36,503 --> 01:40:39,500 I always thought he lived for the sled. 1022 01:40:40,600 --> 01:40:44,778 When all along, what he lived for was me. 1023 01:40:50,650 --> 01:40:52,652 We resumed the trail. 1024 01:40:52,752 --> 01:40:55,588 We discovered a walk was as good as a run. 1025 01:41:01,940 --> 01:41:04,130 As always, Constance was right. 1026 01:41:04,864 --> 01:41:07,333 Togo had the heart of a survivor. 1027 01:41:08,468 --> 01:41:10,937 Not the storm of the century, 1028 01:41:11,400 --> 01:41:13,473 nor a harrowing serum run could stop him. 1029 01:41:16,776 --> 01:41:19,379 He lived out his golden years with a new job... 1030 01:41:21,140 --> 01:41:22,315 father. 1031 01:41:23,350 --> 01:41:25,352 [puppies barking] 1032 01:41:29,220 --> 01:41:31,725 For two years he sired pups. 1033 01:41:31,825 --> 01:41:33,827 [growling] 1034 01:41:35,395 --> 01:41:38,331 While the lower 48 celebrated Balto, 1035 01:41:39,320 --> 01:41:43,536 mushers from all over the world elbowed to get one of Togo's line. 1036 01:41:44,671 --> 01:41:46,773 Kennels from Fairbanks to Maine 1037 01:41:46,840 --> 01:41:50,430 bred what came to be known as Seppala Siberians. 1038 01:41:51,177 --> 01:41:55,181 A breed valued for their intelligence, stamina, courage, 1039 01:41:55,248 --> 01:42:00,860 but most of all, their good nature and uncommon bond with humans. 1040 01:42:09,662 --> 01:42:12,165 He left us on a Thursday in December. 1041 01:42:18,838 --> 01:42:21,107 Constance and I continued working with dogs 1042 01:42:21,207 --> 01:42:24,110 because if you're around them long enough... 1043 01:42:24,210 --> 01:42:25,211 Whoa! 1044 01:42:25,278 --> 01:42:26,880 ...they tend to get under your skin. 1045 01:42:28,782 --> 01:42:31,651 And if you're lucky enough to have known a great one, 1046 01:42:32,519 --> 01:42:34,200 they never really leave. 1047 01:42:35,622 --> 01:42:38,525 They stay with you as long as you live. 1048 01:42:39,893 --> 01:42:41,661 Harnessed to your heart, 1049 01:42:41,728 --> 01:42:43,430 giving their all... 1050 01:42:49,769 --> 01:42:50,770 Hike! 1051 01:42:53,907 --> 01:42:55,141 Always.