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Statue of Balto
Statue of Balto
	The statue in 2010
Artist	Frederick Roth
Year	1925
Subject	Balto
Location	New York City, New York, U.S.
	40°46′11.9″N 73°58′15.7″W / 40.769972°N 73.971028°W

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A bronze statue of Balto by Frederick Roth is installed in Central Park, Manhattan, New York. Balto (1919 – March 14, 1933) was an Alaskan husky and sled dog belonging to musher and breeder Leonhard Seppala.^[1]^[2] He achieved fame when he reportedly led a team of sled dogs on the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome, in which diphtheria antitoxin was transported from Anchorage, Alaska, to Nenana, Alaska, by train and then to Nome by dog sled to combat an outbreak of the disease.^[3]^[4]

Description and history

Located north of the Central Park Zoo near the intersection of East Drive and 67th Street, the sculpture was dedicated on December 17, 1925.^[5]^[6] Roth modeled the sculpture of Balto on a New Hampshire malamute named Chinook. A bas-relief rendering of the pivotal journey is carved into the pedestal. Balto himself was reportedly present at the ceremony.^[7] The statue is a popular attraction: children frequently climb the statue to pretend to ride on the dog.^[8] There is a plaque at the base of the statue, which reads:

"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. Endurance · Fidelity · Intelligence".^[5]

Legacy

The statue was used at the ending scene of the 1995 Universal Pictures animated film Balto. In September 2022, actor Kevin Bacon (who did the voice of Balto in the animated film) visited the statue during a walk. He posted a short video of himself endearingly commenting on the statue and his film role on his social media accounts, entitling the short video "Ran into an old friend of mine in the park #Balto".^[9]

In 2019, the cast and crew of the film The Great Alaskan Race paid a visit to the statue.^[10]

References

^ Thomas, Bob. (2015). Leonhard Seppala : the Siberian dog and the golden age of sleddog racing 1908-1941. Thomas, Pat. Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1-57510-170-5. OCLC 931927411.
^ Seppala, Leonhard. (2010). Seppala : Alaskan dog driver. Ricker, Elizabeth M. [Whitefish, Mont.]: [Kessinger Publishing]. p. 295. ISBN 978-1-4374-9088-6. OCLC 876188456.
^ Salisbury, Gay; Laney Salisbury (2003). The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race against an Epidemic. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. pp. 187. ISBN 0-393-01962-4.
^ Ingram, Simon (19 May 2020). "When a deadly disease gripped an Alaskan town, a dog saved the day – but history hailed another". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Central Park – Balto". New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
^ "Balto". www.centralpark.com. 2017-08-07. Archived from the original on 2024-04-15. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
^ Dupré, Judith (2007). Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory (1st ed.). New York: Random House. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-4000-6582-0. OCLC 70046094. Archived from the original on 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
^ "Balto". Attractions. Central Park.Com. Archived from the original on March 13, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2013.
^ Sanwari, Ahad (September 8, 2022). "Kevin Bacon shares video of endearing encounter - and his fans are surprised". Hello! Magazine. Archived from the original on August 4, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
^ Coburn, Wesley (October 22, 2019). "Central Park Balto statue visited by dog of The Great Alaskan Race". Fansided. Archived from the original on August 4, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.

External links

Media related to Balto (Central Park) at Wikimedia Commons

[1] Thomas, Bob. (2015). Leonhard Seppala : the Siberian dog and the golden age of sleddog racing 1908-1941. Thomas, Pat. Missoula, Montana: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. ISBN 978-1-57510-170-5. OCLC 931927411.

[2] Seppala, Leonhard. (2010). Seppala : Alaskan dog driver. Ricker, Elizabeth M. [Whitefish, Mont.]: [Kessinger Publishing]. p. 295. ISBN 978-1-4374-9088-6. OCLC 876188456.

[Salisbury-3] Salisbury, Gay; Laney Salisbury (2003). The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race against an Epidemic. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. pp. 187. ISBN 0-393-01962-4.

[NG-4] Ingram, Simon (19 May 2020). "When a deadly disease gripped an Alaskan town, a dog saved the day – but history hailed another". National Geographic. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

[:0-5] "Central Park – Balto". New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. Archived from the original on 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2020-02-23.

[6] "Balto". www.centralpark.com. 2017-08-07. Archived from the original on 2024-04-15. Retrieved 2020-02-23.

[7] Dupré, Judith (2007). Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory (1st ed.). New York: Random House. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-4000-6582-0. OCLC 70046094. Archived from the original on 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2021-09-27.

[cpbalto-8] "Balto". Attractions. Central Park.Com. Archived from the original on March 13, 2013. Retrieved March 4, 2013.

[9] Sanwari, Ahad (September 8, 2022). "Kevin Bacon shares video of endearing encounter - and his fans are surprised". Hello! Magazine. Archived from the original on August 4, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.

[10] Coburn, Wesley (October 22, 2019). "Central Park Balto statue visited by dog of The Great Alaskan Race". Fansided. Archived from the original on August 4, 2023. Retrieved August 4, 2023.

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-A [[Bronze sculpture|bronze]] statue of [[Balto]] by [[Frederick Roth]] is installed in [[Central Park]], [[Manhattan]], New York. Balto (1919 – March 14, 1933) was an [[Alaskan husky]] and sled dog belonging to [[musher]] and breeder [[Leonhard Seppala]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Thomas, Bob.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/931927411|title=Leonhard Seppala : the Siberian dog and the golden age of sleddog racing 1908-1941|date=2015|publisher=Pictorial Histories Publishing Company|others=Thomas, Pat.|isbn=978-1-57510-170-5|location=Missoula, Montana|oclc=931927411}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Seppala, Leonhard.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/876188456|title=Seppala : Alaskan dog driver|date=2010|publisher=[Kessinger Publishing]|others=Ricker, Elizabeth M.|isbn=978-1-4374-9088-6|location=[Whitefish, Mont.]|pages=295|oclc=876188456}}</ref> He achieved fame when he reportedly led a team of sled dogs on the final leg of the [[1925 serum run to Nome]], in which [[diphtheria]] [[antitoxin]] was transported from [[Anchorage, Alaska]], to [[Nenana, Alaska]], by train and then to [[Nome, Alaska|Nome]] by [[dog sled]] to combat an outbreak of the disease.<ref name=Salisbury>{{cite book |last=Salisbury |first=Gay |author2=Laney Salisbury |title=The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race against an Epidemic |year=2003 |publisher=W.W. Norton & Company |location=New York |isbn=0-393-01962-4 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/cruelestmiles00sali/page/187 187] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/cruelestmiles00sali/page/187}}</ref><ref name="NG">{{cite news |first=Simon |last=Ingram |date=19 May 2020 |title=When a deadly disease gripped an Alaskan town, a dog saved the day – but history hailed another |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2020/05/when-a-deadly-disease-gripped-an-alaskan-town-a-dog-saved-the-day|work=[[National Geographic]] |access-date=14 March 2021}}</ref>
+A [[Bronze sculpture|bronze]] statue of [[Balto]] by [[Frederick Roth]] is installed in [[Central Park]], [[Manhattan]], New York. Balto (1919 – March 14, 1933) was an [[Alaskan husky]] and sled dog belonging to [[musher]] and breeder [[Leonhard Seppala]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Thomas, Bob.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/931927411|title=Leonhard Seppala : the Siberian dog and the golden age of sleddog racing 1908-1941|date=2015|publisher=Pictorial Histories Publishing Company|others=Thomas, Pat.|isbn=978-1-57510-170-5|location=Missoula, Montana|oclc=931927411}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Seppala, Leonhard.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/876188456|title=Seppala : Alaskan dog driver|date=2010|publisher=[Kessinger Publishing]|others=Ricker, Elizabeth M.|isbn=978-1-4374-9088-6|location=[Whitefish, Mont.]|pages=295|oclc=876188456}}</ref> He achieved fame when he reportedly led a team of sled dogs on the final leg of the [[1925 serum run to Nome]], in which [[diphtheria]] [[antitoxin]] was transported from [[Anchorage, Alaska]], to [[Nenana, Alaska]], by train and then to [[Nome, Alaska|Nome]] by [[dog sled]] to combat an outbreak of the disease.<ref name=Salisbury>{{cite book |last=Salisbury |first=Gay |author2=Laney Salisbury |title=The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race against an Epidemic |year=2003 |publisher=W.W. Norton & Company |location=New York |isbn=0-393-01962-4 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/cruelestmiles00sali/page/187 187] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/cruelestmiles00sali/page/187}}</ref><ref name="NG">{{cite news |first=Simon |last=Ingram |date=19 May 2020 |title=When a deadly disease gripped an Alaskan town, a dog saved the day – but history hailed another |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2020/05/when-a-deadly-disease-gripped-an-alaskan-town-a-dog-saved-the-day |work=[[National Geographic]] |access-date=14 March 2021 |archive-date=18 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518012800/https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2020/05/when-a-deadly-disease-gripped-an-alaskan-town-a-dog-saved-the-day |url-status=live }}</ref>
 ==Description and history==
+[[Image:Balto CLE.JPG|thumb|right|Balto's remains at the [[Cleveland Museum of Natural History]]]]
-Located north of the [[Central Park Zoo]] near the intersection of East Drive and 67th Street, the sculpture was dedicated on December 17, 1925.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/central-park/monuments/75|title=Central Park – Balto|publisher=New York City Department of Parks & Recreation|access-date=2020-02-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.centralpark.com/api/content/f500e436-d73b-5367-b7af-69a038b26600/|title=Balto|date=2017-08-07|website=www.centralpark.com|language=en-us|access-date=2020-02-23}}</ref> Roth modeled the sculpture of Balto on a New Hampshire malamute named Chinook. A bas-relief rendering of the pivotal journey is carved into the pedestal. Balto himself was reportedly present at the ceremony.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dupré|first=Judith|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70046094|title=Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory|date=2007|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-1-4000-6582-0|edition=1st|location=New York|pages=97|oclc=70046094}}</ref> The statue is a popular attraction: children frequently climb the statue to pretend to ride on the dog.<ref name="cpbalto">{{cite web|url=http://www.centralpark.com/guide/attractions/balto.html|title=Balto|work=Attractions|publisher=Central Park.Com|access-date=March 4, 2013}}</ref> There is a plaque at the base of the statue, which reads:<blockquote>"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, Alaska|Nenana]] to the relief of stricken [[Nome, Alaska|Nome]] in the Winter of 1925. Endurance · Fidelity · Intelligence".<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>
+Located north of the [[Central Park Zoo]] near the intersection of East Drive and 67th Street, the sculpture was dedicated on December 17, 1925.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/central-park/monuments/75|title=Central Park – Balto|publisher=New York City Department of Parks & Recreation|access-date=2020-02-23|archive-date=2019-03-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327195017/https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/central-park/monuments/75|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.centralpark.com/api/content/f500e436-d73b-5367-b7af-69a038b26600/|title=Balto|date=2017-08-07|website=www.centralpark.com|language=en-us|access-date=2020-02-23|archive-date=2024-04-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240415185824/https://www.centralpark.com/things-to-do/attractions/balto/|url-status=live}}</ref> Roth modeled the sculpture of Balto on a New Hampshire malamute named Chinook. A bas-relief rendering of the pivotal journey is carved into the pedestal. Balto himself was reportedly present at the ceremony.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Dupré|first=Judith|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70046094|title=Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory|date=2007|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-1-4000-6582-0|edition=1st|location=New York|pages=97|oclc=70046094|access-date=2021-09-27|archive-date=2021-10-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019222852/https://www.worldcat.org/title/monuments-americas-history-in-art-and-memory/oclc/70046094|url-status=live}}</ref> The statue is a popular attraction: children frequently climb the statue to pretend to ride on the dog.<ref name="cpbalto">{{cite web|url=http://www.centralpark.com/guide/attractions/balto.html|title=Balto|work=Attractions|publisher=Central Park.Com|access-date=March 4, 2013|archive-date=March 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313143921/http://www.centralpark.com/guide/attractions/balto.html|url-status=live}}</ref> There is a plaque at the base of the statue, which reads:<blockquote>"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, Alaska|Nenana]] to the relief of stricken [[Nome, Alaska|Nome]] in the Winter of 1925. Endurance · Fidelity · Intelligence".<ref name=":0" /></blockquote>
 ==Legacy==
+The statue was used at the ending scene of the 1995 [[Universal Pictures]] animated film ''[[Balto (film)|Balto]]''. In September 2022, actor [[Kevin Bacon]] (who did the voice of Balto in the animated film) visited the statue during a walk. He posted a short video of himself endearingly commenting on the statue and his film role on his social media accounts, entitling the short video "Ran into an old friend of mine in the park #Balto".<ref>{{cite web |title=Kevin Bacon shares video of endearing encounter - and his fans are surprised |author=Sanwari, Ahad |date=September 8, 2022 |publisher=Hello! Magazine |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/20220908150583/kevin-bacon-unforeseen-encounter-candid-video-fans-in-shock/ |access-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804201420/https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/20220908150583/kevin-bacon-unforeseen-encounter-candid-video-fans-in-shock/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
-The statue was used at the ending scene of the [[Universal Pictures]] animated film [[Balto (film)|''Balto'']].
+In 2019, the cast and crew of the film ''[[The Great Alaskan Race]]'' paid a visit to the statue.<ref>{{cite web |title=Central Park Balto statue visited by dog of The Great Alaskan Race |author=Coburn, Wesley |date=October 22, 2019 |publisher=Fansided |url=https://dogoday.com/2019/10/22/central-park-balto-statue/ |access-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-date=August 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230804201429/https://dogoday.com/2019/10/22/central-park-balto-statue/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 ==See also==
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+{{Balto}}
 {{Central Park}}
 {{Public art in Manhattan}}
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 [[Category:1925 establishments in New York City]]
 [[Category:1925 sculptures]]
+[[Category:Animal sculptures in New York City]]
+[[Category:Balto]]
 [[Category:Bronze sculptures in Central Park]]
+[[Category:Dog monuments]]
 [[Category:Monuments and memorials in Manhattan]]
 [[Category:Outdoor sculptures in Manhattan]]
-[[Category:Dog monuments]]
 [[Category:Sculptures of dogs in the United States]]
 [[Category:Statues in New York City]]
-[[Category:Animal sculptures in New York City]]
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-{{NewYork-sculpture-stub}}

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