As of Feb. 2, it has been 100 years since Gunnar Kaasen drove a dog team into Nome with the medicine that saved lives and staved off a potential diphtheria epidemic. Famously, Balto was in the lead of ...

WASHINGTON, April 27 (Reuters) - 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) ...

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History will present "Balto Day" on Saturday. Why should you care? Do you even know who Balto is? The celebration honors the heroic Balto, an iconic sled dog. "Balto ...

February 2, 1925 was a day of life-saving (and, dare we say, dogged) determination, for that was the day a dog sled team with Balto in the lead entered Nome, Alaska with an emergency supply of ...

Balto is a good boy. As an aside, I dimly remember owning a children's book - like, we're talking 35+ years ago - that was titled "Balto: The Bravest Dog Ever" or something not unlike that. Does ...

Cleveland, Ohio – One-hundred years ago, a star was born. His name was Balto. He was a sled-dog, probably a mix of Siberian Husky, Malamute, maybe a little wolf. He was a little guy, just 40 – 45 ...