A statue in New York's Central Park, shown in December 1947, was erected to honor Balto and other dogs that pulled mushers and their diphtheria serum-bearing sleds to Nome, Alaska, through a ...

Native American News Mushers and dogs braved a horrific Alaska winter to deliver lifesaving serum 100 years ago Published: Feb. 05, 2025, 12:08 p.m.

Gunnar Kaasen and his dog Balto, the heroic dog-sled team leader, sit for a portrait in the early 1920s. They were part of a group of mushers and sled dogs that braved frigid conditions to bring ...

Nome is remembering the sled dogs and mushers who raced hundreds of miles to deliver its cure. Events celebrating the serum run centennial are being celebrated throughout Alaska and elsewhere.

FILE - The statue erected to honor "Balto" and other heroic sled dogs who carried serum to Nome, Alaska, through an Arctic blizzard is covered in snow in New York's Central Park, Dec. 11, 1947 ...