Leonhard Seppala

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Leonhard Seppala

Norwegian-Kven-American sled dog musher

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Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race
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…the serum run’s principal musher, Leonhard Seppala, the Iditarod was originally called the Iditarod Trail Seppala Memorial Race. Today’s race commemorates both the serum run and Alaska’s frontier past, and it is patterned after the famed All Alaska Sweepstakes Race between Nome and Candle that began in 1908.
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…the serum run’s principal musher, Leonhard Seppala, the Iditarod was originally called the Iditarod Trail Seppala Memorial Race. Today’s race commemorates both the serum run and Alaska’s frontier past, and it is patterned after the famed All Alaska Sweepstakes Race between Nome and Candle that began in 1908.
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