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Well, in truth, there were about 150 dogs, and twenty total mushers. You can see that information here (scroll down to my second post in the topic): http://baltosource.timduru.org/board/viewtopic.php?t=8889.

Each of those dogs and their mushers, in their own way, were heroes. They each faced great dangers, including temperatures and conditions not ideal for dog sledding, in order to get the serum to Nome.

The reason Togo, Leonhard Seppala, Balto, and Gunnar Kaasen (the musher of Balto's team) stand out is because they each faced the worst parts of the route (in terms of terrain, weather conditions and temperature). And in the case of Seppala's team, they went nearly six times as far as any other team...and that Togo (who led Seppala's team) was leading the team at the advanced age of 12 years (which is old for a dog to be doing that kind of work). Togo deserved a lion's share of the attention...as did Seppala (who owned, bred and/or trained many of the dogs on the run).

Well, perhaps a more accurate analysis would be to say that the serum might not have made it had any of those teams failed in their part of the run (or, at least, it would have been greatly delayed), and more people would have died. That is the legacy of those other teams. And no, they shouldn't be forgotten.

That's right they shouldn't be forgotten at all! But, alas they are. I don't know the names of any of the other members of the sled team...

Well as I read my print outs, Togo was the real hero to the mushers, cause he did most of the running. But Balto is the main hero.

i talk about this in an other topic call my opinion of balto and togo

if you want you can see it !

Togo and Balto are both heros. its just Togo did most of the running and balto brought the medicine to nome. I would say Balto is the real hero.