The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and under siege from a ...
On Feb. 2, 1925, the legendary Alaska Serum Run ended as the last of a series of dog mushers brought life-saving medication ...
Balto and a portion of the team were confined to the back room Los Angeles dime museum before they were purchased by a ...
Togo, not Balto, was the driving force behind the 1925 Serum Run to Nome, which found teams of mushers and sled dogs delivering antitoxin to children suffering from diphtheria ...
FILE - Gunnar Kaasen and with his dog Balto, the heroic dogsled team leader, sit for a portrait in the early 1920s. (AP Photo, File) ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome ...
Alaska Serum Run FILE - Gunnar Kaasen poses with his original dog team, including his lead dog Balto, top row, second left, in 1925, which he drove through a blinding blizzard to deliver life ...
FILE - Gunnar Kaasen and with his dog Balto, the heroic dogsled team leader, sit for a portrait in the early 1920s. (AP Photo, File) ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome faced a ...
So he made the difficult call to pause the relay. Telephone calls were made to Gunnar Kaasen and Charlie Rohn – Olson was already on the trail by this time – the mushers tasked with the last ...