Gunnar Kaasen
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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| Born | March 11, 1882 Burfjord valley, Norway |
| Died | November 27, 1960 (aged 78) Everett, Washington, United States |
| Occupation | Musher |
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