Whether you've watched the beloved animated film or walked past his statue in Central Park, there's a good chance you're familiar with Balto the sled dog. Long believed to be a Siberian husky ...

Perhaps the two most famous sled dogs are Togo and Balto. In January of 1925, the town of Nome, Alaska was on the brink of a diphtheria epidemic. Children were getting sick and the disease ...

D.C. The Siberian husky Balto led the first team to arrive in Nome, Alaska carrying the medicine to fight a diphtheria epidemic; The sled dogs' heroic performance is honored each year with Alaska ...