Go to the form at the bottom of this story. Celebrated sled dog Balto with Gunnar Kaasen. (Public domain image via Wikimedia Commons) As of Feb. 2, it has been 100 years since Gunnar Kaasen drove ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of omaha.com stories. Cancel anytime. Deštné v Orlických horách, Czechia - January 24, 2025 More than 100 mushers and 700 dogs participated in the Sedivackuv Long ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Deštné v Orlických horách, Czechia - January 24, 2025 More than 100 mushers and 700 dogs participated in the Sedivackuv ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome faced a bleak winter. It was hundreds of miles from anywhere, cut off by the frozen sea and unrelenting blizzards, and under siege from a ...

This Thursday would have been my mother’s 70th birthday. The bravest woman that I ever knew, she died in 2021 at the age of 66 after a battle with lung cancer. Hard-faced, warm-hearted ...

Balto gains fame as unlikely dog to bring serum to Nome Seppala and Togo missed the limelight that went to his assistant, Gunnar Kaasen, who drove the dog team led by Balto into Nome. Balto was ...

This is said to be the longest prison term ever given to a person due to dog fighting. If Burrell were only convicted on the dog fighting charges, the total would be 465 years. Jessica K Rock is ...

including his lead dog Balto, top row, second left, in 1925, which he drove through a blinding blizzard to deliver life-saving serum, in Nome, Alaska. (AP Photo, File) (Uncredited/AP) Among the ...

FILE - Gunnar Kaasen poses with his original dog team, including his lead dog Balto, top row, second left, in 1925, which he drove through a blinding blizzard to deliver life-saving serum ...