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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.
Roy's dog; about an ex-con who is hired by his old boss to help a group of inexperienced criminals to carry out a robbery. Pard mixed breed I Died A Thousand Times: Roy's dog, a remake of the 1941 movie; about an ex-con who helps a group of inexperienced criminals to carry out a robbery. Patsy Old English Sheepdog: Storm in a Teacup
The final stage of the journey saw Gunnar Kaasen and his lead dog, Balto, arrive in Nome in the nick of time, saving the city from deadly disease. Image credits: an1malpulse #25
Balto II: Wolf Quest is a 2002 American direct-to-video animated adventure film produced and directed by Phil Weinstein. It is the sequel to Universal Pictures / Amblin Entertainment 's 1995 Northern animated film Balto .
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.
A measure of this is also depicted in the 1995 animated film Balto; the name of Gunnar Kaasen's lead dog in his sled team was Balto, although unlike the real dog, Balto the character was portrayed as a wolf-dog in the film. In honor of this lead dog, a bronze statue was erected at Central Park in New York City. The plaque upon it is inscribed,
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 ...