Most people think of Balto as the heroic dog who saved the town of Nome, Alaska, from an outbreak of diphtheria in 1925, but Togo the Siberian husky was the head of the sled dog team that ran 260 ...

The Siberian Husky ... His sled dog team raced 658 miles across the frozen tundra in five days to deliver the serum that ...

A century ago, a team of determined mushers and their sled dogs embarked on a perilous journey to deliver life-saving ...

While some changes in mushing come from development in the sport, others have been forced by a changing climate. One part of ...

Gunnar Kaasen and his dog Balto, the heroic dog-sled ... Seppala's team. Diphtheria is an airborne disease that causes a thick, suffocating film to develop at the back of the throat. It was once a ...

In the left photo, Gunnar Kaasan poses with his original sled dog team, including lead dog Balto, top row, second left, in 1925. In the right photo, Kaasen and Balto pose for their own portrait in ...

From playing hooky to playing Husky, Nevills will be mushing for glory in the 100-mile Idaho Sled Dog Challenge race with her team of eight dogs - mostly Alaskan Huskies and Alaskan Husky mixes.

"These mushers got their teams ... a husky mix named Balto, is stuffed and displayed at a museum. Jonathan Hayes, a Maine resident who has worked to preserve the genetic line of sled dogs driven ...