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Balto

Balto (c. 1919 – March 14, 1933) was a Siberian Husky and sled dog belonging to musher and breeder Leonhard Seppala. He achieved fame when he was part of 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…

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Known for
1925 serum run to Nome
Owner
Gunnar Kaasen
Occupation
Sled dog
Appearance
Black with white "socks", "bib", and partial white markings on belly and tip of the muzzle, which advanced with age (including white markings around the eyes when he was old). E…
Born
c. 1919 Nome, Territory of Alaska
Breed
Siberian Husky

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Balto

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related to The serum run · 37
Balto → Additional, After, Alaska, Alaskan, Anchorage, As, Balto's, Bluff, Charlie Olson, Curtis Welch, Death, Dog Teams, Dr, Far North, February, Fox, Go, In January, Kaasen, Kaasen's
related to Return visits to Alaska · 33
Balto → Alaska, Alaska State Legislature, Alaska's, Alaskan, Alaskans, Anchorage, Anchorage Museum, Art, August, Balto's, Butte Elementary School, By July, Cleveland, CMNH, CNN, Cody McGinn, Contents, Despite, During, History
related to Controversy, rivalries and reevaluation · 31
Balto → Alaska Natives, Alaskan, Balto's, Controversy, Conversely, Decorated, Despite, Ed Rohn, Fox, Homer, Iditarod Trail Sled Dog, Iliad, Kaasen, Kaasen's, Many, Mushers, No, Nome, One, Other
related to Cleveland fundraising effort and purchase · 25
Balto → After, After Houston, Area, Brookside Zoo, By February, Cleveland, Cleveland Balto Committee, Common Pleas Judge James, Donations, George Kimble, He's, Houston, Jack Wooldridge, Kimble, Los Angeles, March, Oakland Tribune, Outraged, Plain Dealer, Raising
related to Post-race fame: movies, statues, vaudeville and sale to a sideshow · 24
Balto → Alaskan Natives, April, As, Balto's Race, Cleveland, Educational Pictures, Film, In, Kaasen, Kaasen's, Lesser, Los Angeles, Mary Pickford, New York Daily News, Newspapers, Nome, Ohio, Shortly, Sol Lesser, The
related to Balto vs. Togo · 23
Balto → American, Anchorage, Anchorage Daily News, Balto Seppala Park, Balto's, CMNH, David Reamer, Disney, Dixie, Gordie Howe, Historian Jeff Dinsdale, In, Jack, Katy Steinmetz, Nome, Reamer, Seppala's, The, The National Park Service, Time
related to Genome sequencing · 22
Balto → After, Alaskan, Balto's, Balto's DNA, California, Chinese, CMNH, Compared, Cornell University, DNA, Gavin Svenson, Greenland, Heather Huson, Katherine Moon, New Guinea, Other, Samoyeds, Santa Cruz, Siberian, University
related to Death, mounting and display · 21
Balto → As, Balto's, Because, Billie, By, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland Museum, CMNH, Fox, George Washington Crile's, March, May, Moctoc, Natural History, News, Slim, Sye, Sye's, The, Tillie
related to Early years · 20
Balto → Alaska, Balto's, Believing Balto, Fridtjof Nansen's, Greenland, Gunnar Kaasen, He, Kaasen, Leonhard Seppala, Little, No, Nome, Norwegian, Samuel Balto, Seppala, Seppala's, Siberian, Sámi, The, With
related to Later years · 19
Balto → Another, Antarctica, Brookside Zoo, Brookside Zoo's, Byrd's, Cleveland, Even, Fox, January, John Kramer, Manitoba, March, National Air Races, One, Owing, Richard, The Plain Dealer, Western Reserve Kennel Club, Zoo

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BaltoAppearanceBlack with white "socks", "bib", and partial white markings on belly and tip of the muzzle, which advanced with age (including white markings around the eyes when he was old). E…1.00infobox
BaltoBornc. 1919 Nome, Territory of Alaska1.00infobox
BaltoBreedSiberian Husky1.00infobox
BaltoDiedMarch 14, 1933(1933-03-14) (aged 13–14) Cleveland, Ohio, United States1.00infobox
BaltoKnown for1925 serum run to Nome1.00infobox
BaltoNamed afterSamuel Balto1.00infobox
BaltoNationalityUnited States of America (Territory of Alaska)1.00infobox
BaltoOccupationSled dog1.00infobox
BaltoOwnerGunnar Kaasen1.00infobox
BaltoResting placeCleveland Museum of Natural History .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-par…1.00infobox
BaltoSexMale1.00infobox
BaltoSpeciesCanis lupus familiaris1.00infobox

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