Famous Sled Dogs (Real and Fictional)

Baldy of Nome - Musher Scotty Allan's dog who helped him win multiple All-Alaska Sweepstakes in the early 1900s and was featured in Esther Birdsall Darling's book "Baldy of Nome."

Balto - The lead dog in the final segment of the 1925 Alaskan serum run from Nenana to Nome (the Iditarod race commemorates the run), who is immortalized with a statue in New York City's Central Park.

Balto

Buck - Fictional star of Jack London's "Call of the Wild."

Taro and Jiro - Survivors of a 1958 Japanese expedition to Antarctica, the dogs' story was told in the movies "Nankyoku Monogatari" and "Eight Below."

Togo­ - The lead dog for the longest leg of the 1925 Alaskan serum run from Nenana to Nome, an accomplishment some feel was overshadowed by Balto's fame.

Navarre of the North - grandson of Baldy of Nome and featured in Esther Birdsall Darling's book "Navarre of the North."