Gunnar Kaasen accompanied the dog sled team on both the promotional and vaudeville tours that followed their rise to fame. Dominating the media spotlight as heroes of the serum run, Balto and Gunnar's new-found celebrity provoked the resentment of mushers who participated in the relay. Still an employee of the Pioneer Mining Company, Gunnar was eventually pushed into returning to Alaska in 1926 by a disgruntled superior - Leonhard Seppala. | Date: 1925 | Source: Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections.Download Original File
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Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections.
