Across America, Balto became a household name. In New York City, he was even honored with a statue in Central Park on December 17, 1925, just 10 months after the serum run. Sculpted by Frederick ...
The temperature hovered around freezing in New York’s Central Park on December 15 ... Kaasen stood next to the hero of the moment: Balto, a Siberian husky who’d helped deliver medicine ...