“I resented the statue to Balto, for if any dog deserved special mention, it was Togo.” He more generously noted, “I hope I shall never be the man to take away credit from any dog or driver ...

A statue of Balto in Central Park Pete LaMotte ... Seppala was not happy. “By giving [Balto] Togo’s records, he was established as ‘the greatest racing leader in Alaska,’ when he was ...

The public was recognizing the wrong dog, he argued. “I resented the statue to Balto, for if any dog deserved special mention, it was Togo,” he stated in his 1930 memoir. Seppala added ...

(AP Photo, 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, ...

Finally, Seppala, Togo and the other dogs could rest ... Gunnar Kaasen and Balto, pictured with a statue of Balto, unveiled in New York’s Central Park in 1925 [Getty Images] Thanks to ...

Now, 100 years later, Nome is remembering its saviors — the sled dogs and mushers who raced for more than five days through hypothermia, frostbite, gale-force winds and blinding whiteouts to deliver ...

Seppala and Togo missed the limelight that went ... Pickford placed a wreath around his neck. FILE – The statue erected to honor “Balto” and other heroic sled dogs who carried serum to ...

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 contagious disease known ...

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 ...