Balto the Wonder Dog d. March 14, 1933 Wonder Dog. Balto was the new rookie lead dog for a sled team operated by Alaskan dog sled master, Gunnar Kaasen. Gunnar Kaasen was in the second to last leg of a dog team relay that had to deliver some diphtheria epidemic lifesaving intitoxin serum from Anchorage Alaska to Nome. Gunnar could not find the next person in the relay in a blinding blizzard and had to continue on all the way to Nome. With Balto leading, Gunnar carried on and managed to survive to deliver the antitoxin. Balto and his...[Read More] Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, USA
d. March 14, 1933