Post by
goollldddd on Feb 11, 2021 7:20pm
origin of Balto !!
Celebrated sled dog Balto with Gunnar Kaasen. Norwegian immigrant Gunnar Kaasen was the musher on the last dog team that successfully delivered diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska in 1925. Balto was the lead dog for that final leg of 53 miles of the total 674-mile trip.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balto#/media/File:Gunnar_Kaasen_with_Balto.jpg