Kukho amabali amaninzi ajikelezayo malunga mhlophe, ingcuka yasengcwabeni eyasindisa ubomi bamakhulu abantu eNome (eAlaska). Namhlanje ukhunjulwa njengegorha elikhulu elikwaziyo ukuzisa ukutya kunye namayeza kumanani amakhulu abantwana abaphethwe yidiphtheria. Zininzi izikhumbuzo ezenzelwe imbeko yakhe.
I-Balto yayingu-mongrel phakathi kwe-Siberian Husky kunye nengcuka ngubani wazalwa kwidolophu encinci yaseNome, ngo-1923. Kwiminyaka emibini kuphela kamva, ekuqaleni kuka-1925, isifo somqala saqala ukuhlasela abantwana kuloo ndawo, ngoko izibhedlele zaqalisa ukufuna ngokungxamisekileyo amayeza. Ngaphezulu kwe-1000 XNUMX leekhilomitha ukusuka edolophini, kwisixeko sase-Anchorage, kwafunyanwa ezona zitofu zikufutshane, kodwa izaqhwithi ezinzima zekhephu zazithintela ukuhanjiswa.
Ayikho indlela yesintu eyayinokumelana nemozulu embi, kwaye idolophu leyo yayibonakala ngathi iza kutshatyalaliswa bubhubhane. Kungelo xesha apho kwathiwa omnye wabemi bayo UGunnan kaasen, Wacebisa ukuhamba neqela lakhe lezinja. Isicwangciso yayikukuhambisa iziyobisi kwisilethi etsalwa zizinja ezingaphezu kwe-100, kubandakanya mhlophe.
Ngokwezinye iinguqulelo, wakhokela zonke izinja yonke indlela, kodwa abanye bathi wayithatha indawo eshiywe sisikhokelo sokuqala, owaphula umlenze wakhe. Enkosi ngomsebenzi walo lonke eli qela, izitofu zokugonya zikwazile ukufikelela kwindawo ebesiya kuyo kwaye yeka ubhubhane, nangona yayiligama likaBalto elahla embalini. Kwaye into yokuba inja yengcuka ikwazi ukwenza imiyalelo yomntu ibibetha ngokukodwa.
Imithombo yeendaba yamanye amazwe iyalichaza eli bali, kwaye kungekudala liza kubakho Central Park ukusuka eNew York umfanekiso oqingqiweyo Ukuzinikela kwiqhawe uBalto, umsebenzi ka-FG Roth, ehamba nombhalo ofundeka ngolu hlobo: "Ukuxhathisa - Ukunyaniseka - Ubukrelekrele". Ukwanomnye umfanekiso oqingqiweyo owaziwayo kwidolophu yakowabo.
Ngomnyaka we-1927, bobabini uBalto kunye nabanye abahamba nabo bathengiswa kwiCleveland Zoo, apho wayeza kuchitha khona iminyaka yakhe yokugqibela. Usweleke ngoMatshi 14, 1933, eshiya ibali elihle emva kwakhe. Yayiqholwa, kwaye namhlanje iboniswa kwiMyuziyam yaseCleveland yeMbali yeNdalo. Ukongeza, ibali lakhe lenziwe kwimovie izihlandlo ezithathu.