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A bronze statue of Balto by Frederick Roth is installed in Central Park, Manhattan, New York. Balto (1919 – March 14, 1933) was a Siberian Husky and sled dog belonging to musher and breeder Leonhard Seppala.[1][2] He achieved fame when he reportedly led a team of sled dogs on the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome, in which diphtheria antitoxin was transported from Anchorage, Alaska, to Nenana, Alaska, by train and then to Nome by dog sled to combat an outbreak of the disease.[3][4]

Statue of Balto
The statue in 2010
ArtistFrederick Roth
Year1925 (1925)
SubjectBalto
LocationNew York City, New York, U.S.
Coordinates40°46′11.9″N 73°58′15.7″W

Description and history


Located north of the Central Park Zoo near the intersection of East Drive and 67th Street, the sculpture was dedicated on December 17, 1925.[5][6] Roth modeled the sculpture of Balto on a New Hampshire malamute named Chinook. A bas-relief rendering of the pivotal journey is carved into the pedestal. Balto himself was reportedly present at the ceremony.[7] The statue is a popular attraction: children frequently climb the statue to pretend to ride on the dog.[8] There is a plaque at the base of the statue, which reads:

"Dedicated to the indomitable spirit of the sled dogs that relayed antitoxin six hundred miles over rough ice, across treacherous waters, through Arctic blizzards from Nenana to the relief of stricken Nome in the Winter of 1925. Endurance · Fidelity · Intelligence".[5]


Legacy


The statue was used at the ending scene of the Universal Pictures animated film Balto.


See also



References


  1. Thomas, Bob. (2015). Leonhard Seppala : the Siberian dog and the golden age of sleddog racing 1908-1941. Thomas, Pat. Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1-57510-170-5. OCLC 931927411.
  2. Seppala, Leonhard. (2010). Seppala : Alaskan dog driver. Ricker, Elizabeth M. [Whitefish, Mont.]: [Kessinger Publishing]. p. 295. ISBN 978-1-4374-9088-6. OCLC 876188456.
  3. Salisbury, Gay; Laney Salisbury (2003). The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race against an Epidemic. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. pp. 187. ISBN 0-393-01962-4.
  4. Ingram, Simon (19 May 2020). "When a deadly disease gripped an Alaskan town, a dog saved the day – but history hailed another". National Geographic. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  5. "Central Park – Balto". New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  6. "Balto". www.centralpark.com. 2017-08-07. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
  7. Dupré, Judith (2007). Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory (1st ed.). New York: Random House. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-4000-6582-0. OCLC 70046094.
  8. "Balto". Attractions. Central Park.Com. Retrieved March 4, 2013.


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[es] Estatua de Balto

Una estatua de Balto hecha en bronce por Frederick Roth está instalada en Central Park, Manhattan, Nueva York. Balto (1919-14 de marzo de 1933) fue un perro de trineo y husky siberiano perteneciente al musher y criador Leonhard Seppala.[1][2] Alcanzó la fama cuando dirigió un equipo de perros de trineo en la última etapa de la carrera del suero a Nome de 1925, en la que se transportó antitoxina diftérica desde Anchorage a Nenana en tren y luego a Nome en trineo de perros para combatir un brote de la enfermedad.[3][4]


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