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Nome is 1,600 kilometers away from Anchorage, the place where the antitoxin to be administered to the children were coming from, and the only two aircraft that could deliver the medicine quickly were dismantled due to the winter season. The only alternative left was to transport the medicine through a team of sled dogs. There were 20 teams to complete the transportation of the serum to Nome. Balto, and his master, Gunnar Kaasen, was the second to the last team to deliver the serum. When Kaasen reached the point where the last runner was waiting, he found the runner to be sleeping so he decided to finish the remaining distance to Nome to avoid delay and to get the medicine to Nome as soon as possible.

Ironically, Kaasen did not consider Balto a good lead dog at the beginning but the Siberian Husky proved him wrong when the team got into the Iditarod trail. Balto saved his team from sure death in the Topkok River. And even when the trail was not visible due to the blizzard that the team came across, Balto was able to lead them when Kaasen himself cannot even see his hand in front of his face because of the whiteout condition.

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