A century after leading the 1925 serum run to Nome, Alaska, the unlikely sled dog hero Balto continues to inspire at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. By Lainey Novak
Balto, the famous sled dog who is credited with leading the lifesaving serum run to Nome, Alaska in 1925, still stands proudly in the newly refurbished Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
In the 100 years since a diphtheria outbreak threatened to ravage the town of Nome, the dog has found his forever home in Cleveland as a permanent part of the museum’s collection…