Most famous dogs in history

[SunGrins]

Seaman - the dog that accompanied the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery up the Missouri River. Seaman had some interesting adventures including being bitten by a beaver and kidnapped by Indians. He was a 150 pound black Newfoundland bought by Meriwether Lewis for the trip.

[markg91359]

Originally Posted by suzy_q2010

The most famous Alaskan sled dogs are those that delivered lifesaving diphtheria antitoxin to Nome during a blizzard in 1925.

https://www.adn.com/alaska-life/2020...e-got-his-due/

BBC - Earth - In 1925, a remote town was saved from lethal disease by dogs

My vote is for these dogs too.

It was quite the event. It was necessary to use dog sleds to transport the serum to Nome because in winter months the Bering Strait freezes over and you can't reach it by ship. Roads don't exist in much of Alaska either. The year was 1925 and air transportation was simply too new and too unreliable a technology to be used in the extreme conditions of the Alaskan winter. Although, a couple of pilots volunteered to try anyway. In the end, the governor of Alaska made the decision to use dog sleds.

Every year, a famous dog sled race, the Iditarod, is run through Alaska. Some believe it is to commemorate the "serum run" to Nome. However, that isn't true. I had the privilege of listening to a race contestant lecture about her participation in the race a few years ago. Its not something I could imagine myself doing.
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I can recommend the book The Cruelest Miles by Gay Salisbury to any that want to know more about this.