| Summary: | By 1901, mail was delivered along the entire length of the Yukon River. In winter, dogsleds delivered first class mail to Nome once a month. Magazines and newspapers had to wait for the river steamers which ran after the ice melted. Dogsled mail carriers generally worked in relay, each carrying the mail along a particular section of the route. Their dogs and sleds had to be kept in excellent condition. This photo, taken sometime between 1902 and 1908 by B.B. Dobbs, shows the sled and dogteam belonging to a mail carrier who delivered mail in the Nome area. This involved crossing the ice of the Bering Sea. 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : gelatin, b&w; 18 x 24 cm.
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