Norton Sound

Unakleet and Nome are about 150 miles from each other across Norton Sound, an inlet of the Bering Sea on Alaska's western coast.

The two cities are some 146 miles from each other across the Norton Sound, an inlet of the Bering Sea on Alaska's western coast.

During the run, also known as the Great Race of Mercy, Togo led a team for 261 miles, a distance that included a dangerous crossing of Norton Sound, while Balto ran only 55.

Disaster relief funds also can be used to aid participants in some other Alaska commercial fisheries, including the 2021 Norton Sound red king crab, Alaska Kuskokwim salmon and Chignik salmon harvests.

Golovin, a tiny Norton Sound community, was among the hardest hit.