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FILE – Gunnar Kaasen poses with his original dog team, including his lead dog Balto, top row ... it was once a leading cause of death for children. The antitoxin used to treat it was developed ...

and under siege from a contagious disease known as the “strangling angel” for the way it suffocated children. Now, 100 years later, Nome is remembering its saviors — the sled dogs and ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Gunnar Kaasen and with his dog Balto, the heroic dogsled team leader, sit for a portrait in the early 1920s ...

Diphtheria is an airborne disease that causes a thick, suffocating film to develop at the back of the throat; it was once a leading cause of death for children ... team led by Balto into 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 another of Seppala’s dogs, but was used to only haul ...

It’s likely the toll was higher; Alaska Natives were not accurately tracked. Balto gains fame as unlikely dog to bring serum to Nome Seppala and Togo missed the limelight that went to his ...

and under siege from a contagious disease known as the “strangling angel” for the way it suffocated children. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome faced a bleak winter.