My hike with a shelter dog, Balto, and seeing him experience true joy on the trail helped me process an unexpected future.

The Alaska Gold Rush town of Nome was hundreds of miles from anywhere and under siege from a contagious disease known as the ...

"These mushers got their teams ready and went, even though it was really cold and challenging ... a husky mix named Balto, is stuffed and displayed at a museum. Jonathan Hayes, a Maine resident ...

Gunnar Kaasen and with his dog Balto, the heroic dogsled team leader ... "These mushers got their teams ready and went, even though it was really cold and challenging conditions on the trail." Other ...

Their dog, Balto, ran to Simon, ecstatic ... And to see this, right on top of Helene, is really disappointing." As community frustrations mounted around ongoing work, the university’s board of ...

FILE - Gunnar Kaasen poses with his original dog team, including his lead dog Balto, top row ... even though it was really cold and challenging conditions on the trail.” Other communities ...

even though it was really cold and challenging conditions on the trail.” FILE – Gunnar Kaasen poses with his original dog team, including his lead dog Balto, top row, second left, in 1925 ...

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 ...