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Balto (c. 1919 – March 14, 1933) was an Alaskan husky and sled dog belonging to musher and breeder Leonhard Seppala.He achieved fame when he led a team of sled dogs driven by Gunnar Kaasen on the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome, in which diphtheria antitoxin was transported from Anchorage, Alaska, to Nenana, Alaska, by train and then to Nome by dog sled to combat an outbreak of the ...
Balto is a 1995 live-action/animated adventure film directed by Simon Wells, produced by Amblin Entertainment and distributed by Universal Pictures. [4] It is loosely based on the true story of the eponymous dog who helped save children infected with diphtheria in the 1925 serum run to Nome.
Although Balto is considered the more famous, being the dog that delivered the serum to Nome after running the final 53-mile leg, it was Togo who made the longest run of the relay, guiding his musher Leonhard Seppala on a 261-mile journey that included crossing the deadly Norton Sound to Golovin, [47] and who ultimately became a foundation dog ...
Articles relating to Balto (1919-1933) and his depictions. He was an Alaskan husky and sled dog belonging to musher and breeder Leonhard Seppala.Balto achieved fame when he led a team of sled dogs driven by Gunnar Kaasen on the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome, in which diphtheria antitoxin was transported from Anchorage, Alaska, to Nenana, Alaska, by train and then to Nome by dog sled ...
She also has a sled dog named Suki. Sequoia Janvier (season 1), Zane Jasper (seasons 2–3) and Nash Weekusk (season 4) as Tokone "Tooey" Ookami (Japanese: トコネ 「トゥーイ 」狼), Molly’s best friend (besides Trini). He is of Yupik, Koyukon, and Japanese American descent. His last name is "wolf" in Japanese.
Female Athlete of the Year Susan Howlet Butcher (December 26, 1954 – August 5, 2006) was an American dog musher , noteworthy as the second woman to win the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in 1986, the second four-time winner in 1990, and the first to win four out of five sequential years.
Balto (1919 – March 14, 1933) was an Alaskan husky and sled dog belonging to musher and breeder Leonhard Seppala. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He achieved fame when he reportedly led a team of sled dogs on the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome , in which diphtheria antitoxin was transported from Anchorage, Alaska , to Nenana, Alaska , by train and then ...
The Chukotka Sled Dog (чукотская ездовая) is the aboriginal spitz breed of dog indigenous to the Chukchi people of Russia. Chukotka sled dog teams have been used since prehistoric times to pull sleds in harsh conditions, such as hunting sea mammals on oceanic pack ice. Chukotka sled dogs are most famous as the progenitor of the ...