Leonhard Seppala

Leonhard Seppala (* September 14, 1877; † January 28, 1967 ) was a Norwegian musher in Alaska in 1910 founded the breed of Siberian Husky dogs, which had been imported by William Goosak 1908 from Siberia.

Seppala pursued the goal of pure breeding of the Siberian Husky after 1930 in the U.S. and Canada. The recognition of the breed by the American Kennel Club (AKC ) was in the 30s of the last century.

Seppala and his lead dog Togo was part of the dog sledding season, which in 1925 brought to the Northwest Alaska during a diphtheria epidemic in Nome antitoxin. Although Seppala had it covered by far the longest route mainly Gunnar and his lead dog Balto Kaasen were made into heroes, what Seppala "unbearable", referred to as.

At the Olympic Games of 1932 in Lake Placid, he went to the United States with a team on a dog sled races and finished second in the demonstration contest second place behind Emile St. Goddard.

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