Gunnar Eystein Kaasen

Permanent ID: pd00000012390033

Mann
Født: 10.03.1882, Kvænangen, Troms
Død: 27.11.1960, Everett, Snohomish County, Washington, USA

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Nr	Dato	Kilde	PFID	Rolle	Navn	Fødselsdato	Fødested	Bosted	Fam. stil.	Sivst.	Yrke	Far/brudgom	Mor/brud	Sikker
1	18.06.1882	KLOK, Kvænangen, 1878-1890	pd00000027473509	barn	Gunder Egsten	10.03						Hans Henrik Persen	Anna Lovise Olsdt
2	01.01.1891	FOLK, Kvænangen, 1891-1891	pf01053206000558		Gunner Eysten Kaasn	1882	Kvænangens	Kvænangens	Søn
3	03.12.1900	FOLK, Kvænangen, 1900-1900	pf01037568000598		Gunnar Ø. Kaasen	1882	Kvænangen	Kvænangen herred: Kaasen	s	ug	Gaards og skovarbeide
4	24.02.1904	EMPR, Trondheim, 1902-1904	pe00000000155835		Gunar Øistein Kaasen	1882				ug
5	20.04.1904	EMPR, Trondheim, 1902-1904	pe00000000157089		Gunnar Kaasen	1881				ug
6	01.12.1910	FOLK, Kvænangen, 1910-1910	pf01036970000712		Gunnar Kaasen	13.03.1882	Kvænangen	Kvænangen: Burfjordvand Kaasen	s	ug	Guldgraver og udvandret 1906
7	2de S. eft. trin.[06-18]	MINI, Kvænangen, 1878-1891	pd00000012390033	barn	Gunder Eisten	10.03.1882						Hans Henrik Pedersen	Anna Lovise Olsdr.	HP

Biografi og merknader

Gunnar Kaasen (1882–1960) var en norsk hundekjører i Alaska. Han emigrerte til USA i 1904.

Han ble berømt etter at han i 1925 fullførte siste etappe av serumløpet til Nome med motgift mot en difteriepidemi i byen, med «Balto» som lederhund. En statue av hunden Balto står i Central Park i New York City.

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Findagrave.com:
Gunnar Kaasen was the last musher in the race to bring lifesaving diphtheria serum to Nome, Alaska, arriving on February 2, 1925. He was famed for running two legs of the journey through sub-zero temperatures when his replacement wasn't awake when he arrived in Port Safety. His lead dog, Balto, too, was celebrated as a hero. Kaasen came to the United States to mine for gold in 1903, and settled in Nome, where he became an experienced musher. When diphtheria hit the town and the lone doctor's supply of serum was found to be expired, Kaasen was one of twenty mushers who worked to transport 300,000 units of serum to Nome from Nenana, Alaska. The mushers and the combined teams of over one hundred dogs experienced subzero temperatures, severe winds and whiteout conditions. A number of dogs froze to death during their leg of the journey. After the serum run, Kaasen and his lead dog, Balto, were dogged by publicity, glorified as though they had made the entire journey themselves, even though there were nineteen other mushers who were part of the chain, one of whom made a longer run than Kaasen and his team. He and Balto even starred briefly in a movie about Balto. He was accused of being a publicity hog, but he had his defenders as well. Kaasen and his wife Anna moved to Everett, WA, in 1952, where he died of cancer at the age of 78.

Gunnar Eystein Kaasen

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