Almanac: Balto 01:57. New York's Central Park has a statue dedicated to him, and there's even been a movie about him: a sled dog named Balto.Now he is the focus of a DNA study, 90 years after he ...

In the winter of 1925, Gunnar Kaasen and his team of 13 dogs — led by this Siberian Husky named Balto — completed the last ...

Musher Gunnar Kasson and his dog Balto are seen in close-up at the unveiling of a statue to honor Balto. Kasson led a dog team that saved many lives in Nome, Alaska, when he arrived there with ...

Did you know there was a real-life Balto the hero dog long before there was ever a Balto the movie? Like his Kevin Bacon-voiced counterpart in the delightful 1995 animated feature film (streaming ...

Researchers have brought scientific truth to the legend of Balto, settling once and for all the question of whether a wolf or dog led a lifesaving run carrying medicine to sick children. In 1925 ...

Balto and his sled driver, Gunnar Kasson, at the unveiling of Central Park's Balto statue in 1925. Bettmann / Contributor via Getty Images In early 1925, a relay of sled dog teams carried a ...

Whether you’ve watched the beloved animated film or walked past his statue in Central Park, there’s a good chance you’re familiar with Balto the sled dog.. Long believed to be a Siberian husky, Balto ...

Of the Central Park statue, Seppala wrote in his memoir, “I resented the statue to Balto, for if any dog deserved special mention, it was Togo.” He more generously noted, ...

Balto was framed in the media as the lead dog—a controversial claim today—and was honored with awards and even a statue in Manhattan’s Central Park. Balto died in 1933, and his body was ...

For nearly a century, Balto the sled dog has been celebrated with books, movies, and even a statue in New York’s Central Park.When a deadly infection called diphtheria swept through the isolated ...