A good dog with great genes – 1920s Alaska sled-relay hero Balto
Balto was found to share ancestry with modern Siberian huskies and Alaska and Greenland sled dogs, as well as Vietnamese village dogs and Tibetan mastiffs.
April 27, 2023
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WASHINGTON — 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-kilometer) leg of a 674-mile (1,088-kilometer) dogsled relay, bringing lifesaving medicine to the Alaska city of Nome during a diphtheria outbreak.
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