Gunnar Kaasen
(1882-1960)
Norwegian dog musher
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Gunnar Kaasen (March 11, 1882 – November 27, 1960) was a Norwegian-born musher who delivered a cylinder containing 300,000 units of diphtheria antitoxin to Nome, Alaska, in 1925, as the last leg of a dog sled relay that saved the U.S. city from an epidemic.
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Gunnar E. Kaasen 11 March 1882 Burfjord valley, Norway
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27 November 1960 (aged 78) Everett, Washington, USA
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