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Today is the day February 2nd 2025. February 2nd 1925 the medicine arrived in Nome and The Serum Run was done.
1-2 February
Gunnar Kaasen
Bluff to Safety to Nome
Lead dogs: Balto and Fox. Forty-two-year-old Kaasen and his team of 13 of Leonhard Seppala's backup dogs were sent from Nome to Bluff to await the serum, while Ed Rohn was sent to Pt. Safety.
With chest-deep snow drifts and glare ice, he was unable to see the trail and relied on Balto to guide the sled. A message was sent to the village of Solomon instructing Kaasen to wait out the storm there. Due to the severity of the storm, Kaasen missed the village as Balto kept them on the main trail passing to the south. While crossing Bonanza flat the sled was flipped by the wind, ejecting the serum. After searching in the dark on hands and knees, Kaasen found the package and continued. He arrived at Safety sometime after 2:00 am Sunday.
Musher Ed Rohn, who was supposed to take the serum the final leg into Nome, was asleep expecting Kaasen to be held up waiting out the blizzard. Kaasen, deciding not to wake Rohn and knowing the time it would take to prepare the dogs and sled for travel, began the final 21 mile leg. He arrived in Nome around 5:30 am for a total time of seven and a half hours. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925_.....um_run_to_Nome
As a tribute to my favorite movie of the event I will upload (as far as it is possible) something Balto-related each day of 2025. Here the gallery starts so you can see them all: https://www.deviantart.com/emberwol.....years-of-balto
“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.”
Read about the serum run here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925_.....um_run_to_Nome
1-2 February
Gunnar Kaasen
Bluff to Safety to Nome
Lead dogs: Balto and Fox. Forty-two-year-old Kaasen and his team of 13 of Leonhard Seppala's backup dogs were sent from Nome to Bluff to await the serum, while Ed Rohn was sent to Pt. Safety.
With chest-deep snow drifts and glare ice, he was unable to see the trail and relied on Balto to guide the sled. A message was sent to the village of Solomon instructing Kaasen to wait out the storm there. Due to the severity of the storm, Kaasen missed the village as Balto kept them on the main trail passing to the south. While crossing Bonanza flat the sled was flipped by the wind, ejecting the serum. After searching in the dark on hands and knees, Kaasen found the package and continued. He arrived at Safety sometime after 2:00 am Sunday.
Musher Ed Rohn, who was supposed to take the serum the final leg into Nome, was asleep expecting Kaasen to be held up waiting out the blizzard. Kaasen, deciding not to wake Rohn and knowing the time it would take to prepare the dogs and sled for travel, began the final 21 mile leg. He arrived in Nome around 5:30 am for a total time of seven and a half hours. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925_.....um_run_to_Nome
As a tribute to my favorite movie of the event I will upload (as far as it is possible) something Balto-related each day of 2025. Here the gallery starts so you can see them all: https://www.deviantart.com/emberwol.....years-of-balto
“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.”
Read about the serum run here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925_.....um_run_to_Nome
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I enjoyed your series of sketches and drawings with a sled dog teams. I liked the snow effects, viewing angle and atmosphere on this drawing, which looking so similar to the atmosphere of Balto movie. The sled dogs, including famous Balto, Togo and Fox etc, are looking cute in your style.
I am agree with you. I still remember when I started to think about making a profile in 2018 and I thought to make a choice between DA and FA. I decided to choose FA because this site was a bit simpler than DA for my first experience. Also FA is a little more focused towards the "furry art" and your gallery would be perfectly looking here. I am still would be happy to find a friends here and be one of example members in community.
Yeah I must say FA has the better design now (I do not know if it has changed ever but as of now). Before Eclipse on dA it was the messages/deviations/faves section I really liked. It was so easy to use. Now you have to go though every single thing and it takes forever. I miss the old dA so much.
Despite I haven't been registered on Deviantart yet, I can remember the old design of this site, when I am only started to explore it and the old dA was looking a little more atmospheric and retro styled.
I have noticed that for almost a ten years FA became a bit modern but saved it's style. And also FA got a more comfortable mobile version in browser.
I have noticed that for almost a ten years FA became a bit modern but saved it's style. And also FA got a more comfortable mobile version in browser.
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