As a movie, Balto carved out a bit of cinematic history of its own, marking the last of Amblimation’s three animated features (alongside 1991’s An American Tail: Fievel Goes West and 1993’s ...

In 1925, a handsome male sled dog named Balto led a 13-dog team that braved blizzard conditions during the grueling final 53-mile (85-km) leg of a 674-mile (1,088-km) dogsled relay, bringing ...