A good dog with great genes – 1920s Alaska sled-relay hero Balto
Washington DC, US Reuters In 1925, a handsome male sled dog named Balto led a 13-dog team that braved blizzard conditions during the grueling final 85 kilometre leg of a 1,088 kilometre dogsled relay, bringing lifesaving medicine to the Alaskan city of Nome during a diphtheria outbreak. Balto was feted as a hero, the subject […]