Seppala, Leonhard, 1877-1967
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Birth Date
- 1877
Death Date
- 1967
Birth Place
- Norway
Field of Activity
Sled dog musher, trainer, breeder, and racer
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- found: Work cat.: Klimo, Kate. Togo, 2014
- found: Wikipedia article viewed 4/10/13:Leonhard Seppala (September 14, 1877-January 28, 1967) was a Norwegian emigrant who went to Alaska during the Nome Gold Rush - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonhard_Seppala
- found: LeonhardSeppala web page viewed 4/10/13:Leonhard Seppala (1877-1967) Seppala eventually became arguably the most famous dog driver of all time. His career in Alaska culminated in 1925 with the Nome Serum Drive, in which he travelled the greatest and most difficult distance of a dogsled relay to deliver a supply of diphtheria antiserum when the City of Nome was stricken by a midwinter epidemic. Newspaper publicity following that exploit resulted in a tour of the U.S.A. with an Eskimo handler and 44 dogs starting in 1926 from Seattle, Washington, and finishing in January 1927 in Poland Spring, Maine - http://seppalawiki.pbworks.com/w/page/6683747/LeonhardSeppala
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- 2013-04-05: new
- 2013-04-10: revised
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