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against whom Seppala competed. Seppala claimed in his memoir to have "given [Balto] every chance" to ride with his primary sled dog team "but could not qualify"; thus, Balto was relegated to haul freight and large cargo for short runs and was part of a team that pulled railcars with miners over a disused railroad. Gunnar Kaasen, another native Norwegian and a close family friend of Seppala with 21 years' dog sledding experience,

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