Gunnar Kaasen

Gunnar Kaasen
Gunnar Kaasen with Balto
Born(1882-03-11)March 11, 1882
Burfjord valley, Norway
DiedNovember 27, 1960(1960-11-27) (aged 78)
Everett, Washington, U.S.
OccupationMusher

Gunnar Kaasen (March 11, 1882 – November 27, 1960) was a Norwegian-born musher who delivered a cylinder containing 300,000 units of diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska, in 1925, as the last leg of a dog sled relay that saved the U.S. city from an epidemic.

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