Balto's monument
Balto (c. 1919 – March 14, 1933) was an Alaskan husky and sled dog belonging to musher and breeder Leonhard Seppala. He achieved fame when he led a team of sled dogs driven by Gunnar Kaasen on the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome, in which diphtheria antitoxin was transported from Anchorage, Alaska, to Nenana, Alaska, by train and then to Nome by dog sled to combat an outbreak of the disease. Balto's celebrity status, and that of Kaasen's, resulted in this statue in Central Park, New York and in a two-reel motion picture.1.
- Photos by Camilla D'Angelo (September 2023)
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