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About Leonhard Seppala
Leonhard "Sepp" Seppala was a Norwegian-Kven-American sled dog breeder, trainer and musher who with his dogs played a pivotal role in the 1925 serum run to Nome, and participated in the 1932 Winter Olympics. Seppala introduced the work dogs used by Native Siberians at the time to the American public. The breed came to be known as the Siberian Husky in the English-speaking world. The Leonhard Seppala Humanitarian Award, which honors excellence in sled dog care, is named in honour of him.
Everything about Leonhard Seppala →- Occupation
- explorer, dogsled musher, gold miner, blacksmith
- Citizenship
- Norway, United States
- Born
- September 14, 1877
- Died
- January 28, 1967