The weak rejected runt of the litter that Susan Bucher kept as s personal pet “Granite” became her lead dog that led her team through the blizzard and her first of several wins in the Alaska Ididerad sled dog race.
Watch the movie Togo with Willem Dafoe, about the sled team that braved some horrific events to get the medicine for a deadly diptheria outbreak in Nome Alazka in the early part of the 19th century. Balto got the statue and the noteriety, but Togo went the longest distance and was the first of several sled teams.
Great family film.