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Nome, Alaska appeared on the map when the massive gold rush was discovered. Located on the Seward Peninsula the town swelled in 1900 to almost a population of about 20,000. The gold was discovered on beaches along Bearing Sea. By 1925 the population dwindled to about 1,400 people where left on the remote outpost. This is when Balto the amazing sled dog came in to the picture. In 1925 the doctors realized they didn’t have enough medicine to keep the kids from dying in Nome. They were saying that an aircraft is faster then sled dogs. So Balto’s owner made a bet with the aircraft pilot that sled dogs cold beat the aircraft so that’s were Balto starts on his journey on the perilous adventure. This is were Balto entered the dangerous sledding journey. On February 2, 1925, Gunner Kassen drove his heroic dog team into the streets of Nome who embraced Balto’s happy face and cheers where heard for miles around on this happy day of the first Iditarod. Balto lived from 1919 to 1933 he was a Siberian husky. When Balto died he was displayed in a museum in Alaska. He was stuffed and is sitting there right at this moment. If you go to Alaska you will have a 99.9 percent chance of finding him because I don’t know if he is there or they could take it down right when you get there so if you can I would go. They iditarod takes a minimum of about 2 weeks there is a north and south trails for odd and even years.  http://www.iditarod.com/race/route.html . By Torres9, Phoneybone, and Commander gree. PS: Also if you would like to visit are blog it is it is a hyperlink so all you have to do it click it. http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=100229&l=1233782751

Balto was a dog that helped deliver medicine. Balto was a lead-dog. Balto became a movie in 1995, it was a big hit.

By: fossil hunter

Balto was the lead dog that helped bring the serum medicine to Nome. When he and his team made to Nome, Balto became known around world. When he died in 1933, he was displayed at a museum in Alaska.