FOR
FOR TONIGHT, IN 2019, DISNEY REDUCED A MOVIE CALLED TOGO.4@ THE MOVIE TOLD THE STORY OF
HOW, DURING THE OUTBREAK OF
DIPHTHERIA IN 19254@ LIFESAVING
MEDICINE TO THE REMOTE TOWN OF
NOME ALASKA.
>> TOGO WAS THE 4@LEAD DOG DURI
THE LONGEST AND MOST DANGEROUS
LEG OF 4@THE JOURNEY.
261 MILES.
HE SPENT THE LAST YEARS OF HIS
LIFE IN MAINE.4@
PEGGY KAISER LOVES A GOOD DOG
STORY AND SHE IS HERE WITH
ANOTHER PART OF 4@THIS 4@TALE,
PEGGY.
FOUR WELL, ROB AND AMANDA,
TOGO'S STORY LIVES ON NOW A
PLAN IS ON UNDERWAY TO ERECT 4@
STATUE.
JONATHAN HAYES4@ TRAINS AND 4@
SIBERIAN SLED DOGS.
ALL DEFENDED WHEN TOGO AND THAT
TEAM OF DOGS FROM 1925.
HAYES RECENTLY SET OUT ON A
SOLO EXPEDITION 4@ACROSS THE
NORTH MAINE WOODS.
IT WAS HIS WAY OF PAYING
TRIBUTE TO TOGO.4@
>> Reporter: BEFORE JONATHAN
DAYS,4@4@4@ ENJOY THE WINTERS B
THEY ARE SO LONG.
BECAUSE THEY CANNOT STAY
INSIDE.
SAGE ADVICE WITH A BACHELORS
DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
MAINE AND A 4@BACKGROUND IN
BIOLOGY AND
@
AFTER
AFTER SEASON EXCEPT THIS YEAR. >> IT JUST SEEMED LIKE THE
RIGHT TIME TO DO 4@WHAT I HAVE
BEEN WANTING 4@TO DO.
CARPE DIEM, I JUST SEIZED THE
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. >>
DAY. >> Reporter: HE WOULD
ULTIMATELY BE COVERING 40 TO 45
MILES PER DAY.
JONATHAN AND HIS 4@TEAM BEGAN
TRAINING IN THE FALL.
THEY EXTENDED DISTANCES, ALL
THE WHILE INCREASING THEIR
SPEED.
SPEED.
SPEED. IT
SPEED. IT 4@IS LITERALLY IN THE DNA OF
THESE DOGS TO DO THIS KIND 4@OF
WORK.
WORK.
WORK. >>
WORK. >> IT IS LIKE THEY KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IN THE
MOMENT.
MOMENT.
MOMENT. I
MOMENT. I REALLY BELIEVE THAT MUSHING
FOR SLED DOGS IS JUST A
MAGNIFIED4@ DESIRE TO CHASE
SOMETHING DOWN THAT THEY CANNOT
MAGNIFIED4@ DESIRE TO CHASE SOMETHING DOWN THAT THEY CANNOT@
BE THAT IS JUST AROUND THE
CORNER, ALWAYS.
CORNER, ALWAYS. IT IS AN OBSESSIVE THING WITH
THEM. 4@
THEM. 4@
THEM. 4@ THESE DOGS REALLY DRIVE. THE
OLDER IT GETS, THEY CAN
FUNCTION COMFORTABLY IN 50 TO 60
DEGREES BELOW ZERO 4@TEMPERATUR.
>> Reporter: STARTING IN FT.
KENT, TRAVELING OCCASIONALLY TO
PARTS OF THE WOODS WHERE THERE @
WERE NOT EVEN LOGGING ROADS.
THE TEAM HAD TO SOMETIMES4@4@4@
THEIR OWN TRAIL.
JONATHAN AND HIS TEAM STAYED IN
HUNTING CAMPS ALON4@G THE WAY.
WHEN WORD SPREAD ABOUT THE
EXPEDITION.
EXPEDITION. THE CAMPS OFFERED 4@A MEAL AND
EVEN RAW MOOSE MEAT FOR THE
DOGS.
DOGS.
DOGS. >>
DOGS. >> THANKFULLY,4@4@4@ I HAD A LO
GREAT ASSISTANCE.
GREAT ASSISTANCE. PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE NORTH MAINE
WOODS AND JUST JUMPED ON BOARD.
WHEN I FINISHED THE SECTION AND
WAS AT A SPORTING CAMP, THE
OWNER OF THE SPORTING CAMP SENT
DOWN WITH ME. 4@AND HELP ME 4@P
THE NEXT DAY'S TRAVEL.4@
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW JUST HOW
REMOTE THE NORTH MAINE WOODS
IS.
IS.
IS. THERE
IS. THERE WERE TWO DAYS WHEN THERE
WAS NOT EVEN LOGGING ROAD
ACCESS TO WHERE I WAS. 4@
THAT CAN BE A LITTLE DAUNTING.
BUT IT CAN ALSO BE REALLY
INSPIRING 4@WHEN YOU THINK ABOU
WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT ON OUR BACK @
DOOR AS MAINERS.
>> Reporter: HIS ONLY LINK TO
THE OUTSIDE WORLD, HE CARRIED
ABOUT TWO DAYS WORTH OF
SUPPLIES.
SUPPLIES.
SUPPLIES. HE PICKED UP ADDITIONAL
PROVISIONS AT4@ TWO STOPS ALONG
THE WAY 4@AND RELIED ON TWO
COMPASSES AND THE STARS FOR
NAVIGATION.
NAVIGATION. >> 4@I CANNOT DO THIS FOR 45
MILES.
MILES.
MILES. >>
MILES. >> YOU ARE CARRYING4@ EVERYTHIN
WHEN YOU GET CAUGHT IN A
BLIZZARD FOR SEVERAL DAYS ON
THE SLED.
THE SLED.
THE SLED. WE WERE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING
THAT OLD MAN WINTER AND THE
NORTH WINDS WOULD THROW 4@AT US
SO FOR ME, IT 4@IS ABOUT 4@TOGO
SATILLA AND HONORING THEM.4@
AND JUST HOW SPECIAL AND
SIGNIFICANT AND4@ HISTORICALLY
OUR EFFORTS, CONTINUING TO
PERVERT PRESERVED.
PERVERT PRESERVED. AT ANY GIVEN TIME, OVER THE
SEVEN DAYS I WAS 4@OUT THERE, I
WAS EITHER PRAYING AND4@4@ ASKI
GOD TO GET ME OUT OF WHATEVER
TROUBLE I WAS IN AT THE MOMENT.
>> Reporter: NOW, IN ALL,
JONATHAN AND HIS 4@TEAM TRAVELE
ABOUT OVER THE COURSE OF SEVEN
TEAMS.
TEAMS.
TEAMS. HIS TEAM CONSISTED OF BOTH MALE
AND FEMALE DOGS.
THE MALES TENDED TO BE
STRONGER, THE FEMALES FASTER.
THE DOGS FEASTED ON RAW MEAT,
HE ATE4@4@ A LOT OF HIGH-FAT FO
PEANUT BUTTER AND CHOCOLATE
CHIPS TO KEEP THEM GOING.
HE STILL LOST WEIGHT.
THE EFFORT TO HONOR TOGO IS
ONGOING.4@
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ABOUT THE PLANS TO ERECT A
STATUE IN HIS HONOR IN POLLEN
SPRINGS.
SPRINGS.
SPRINGS. >>>4@ IN 4@THE CATEGORY OF STOR
I LOVE4@, BUT I AM NOT GOING TO
GIVE A SHOT AT.
>> JONATHAN WAS TELLING ME 4@TH
THE DOGS WORK BEST IN MY DESIGN
504@ DEGREE BELOW WEATHER.4@
I CANNOT