Samuel Balto
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Job / Known for: Crossing Greenland with Nansen
Left traces: His book and his gold claims
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Date: 1861-05-05
Location: NO Karasjok
Died
Date: 1921 (aged 60)
Resting place: NO Karasjok cemetery, Karasjok, Finnmark
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Sámmol Bálto

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I have seen the sun shine on both sides of the world.
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Samuel Balto was a Northern Saami explorer and adventurer who skied with Fridtjof Nansen across Greenland in 1888-89. He was born in Karasjok, Norway, and worked as a lumberjack, fisherman, and reindeer herder before joining Nansen's expedition. He wrote his own book about his journey from Sámiland to Greenland, which was published in 1890. He later moved to Alaska and worked as a reindeer herder and a gold miner. He was involved in the Lapland-Yukon Relief Expedition, which transported goods and mail from Nome to the Yukon valley. He also staked three claims at a site that became known as Balto Creek. He returned to Norway in 1917 and died in Karasjok in 1921. He was honored by having a sled dog named after him, who became famous for delivering diphtheria serum to Nome in 1925.
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