Focusing on the events of 1925 when sleds and sled dogs worked together to save the lives of children in Nome, Alaska, on the Serum Relay Road, dubbed the "Great Race of Mercy." The film will land on Disney's own streaming media and launch in 2019. At the end of 1924, a 2-year-old child in Nome city fell ill. Doctors diagnosed him with tonsillitis. This disease is usually not life-threatening, but this child became an exception. Many children were diagnosed with tonsillitis. Several tragically passed away, and doctors eventually confirmed the condition to be diphtheria. At that time, there was a vaccine that could be used against diphtheria, and then all the vaccines in Nome city expired, and the new vaccine failed to arrive before the port closed. The only way to transport goods is by post, but in winter only sled dogs can pass. The Department of Health decided to use two groups of sled dogs for relay transportation. 20 sled drivers and 150 sled dogs would have to travel day and night, across rivers, across plains, through forests, and across the frozen Alaska Post Road. The nearest location for the vaccine is Nanna, 1,085 kilometers away from Nome City. Under normal circumstances, the dog sledding takes 25 days, but it took them only 5 and a half days to successfully complete the relay, saving the lives of many children. The protagonist Togo, one of the lead dogs used by Norwegian sled master Leonhard Seppala (Dafoe), is praised for his wit, excellent leadership and keen intuition. Seppala was commissioned to deliver the most dangerous part of the relay, to receive the batch of immune serum from Nome to Nurato, and successfully completed the mission in the environment of minus 30 degrees and strong winds above level 7. Antarctic explorer Roald Amundsen then presented Togo with a gold medal. Bjorn plays a relay man who betrays Seppala on the way.
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