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.

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Topics:
   + 1925 in Alaska
   + Balto
   + Dogs of Alaska
   + Gunnar Kaasen
   + Men with dogs
   + Serum run to Nome

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• Artist: Brown Brothers
• License: Public Domain

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• Original datetime: circa 1925
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