Where They Went

Balto (1995)

Directed by Simon Wells

In 1925 a half-wolf sled dog from Nome, Alaska sets out across the frozen wilderness to find the lost team carrying diphtheria antitoxin from the railhead at Nenana; the story is told years later in New York's Central Park.

  • Travel shown
  • On foot, bike, skis or swimming
  • Not shown on screen
  • Fictional place
  1. 1Present day, looking for the statue
    Balto statue, Central Park, New York
    ≈ 00:00:00
    Inferred

    An old woman and her granddaughter walk through Central Park and she starts telling Balto's story.

  2. 2Nome, Alaska
    ≈ 00:05:00
    Stated on screen

    Diphtheria breaks out among the town's children and a sled team led by Steele is chosen to fetch medicine.

  3. 3Railhead, antitoxin picked up
    Nenana, Alaska
    ≈ 00:30:00
    Inferred

    The sled team collects the medicine at the end of the railway line.

  4. 4Lost team in the blizzard
    Sled trail between Nenana and Nome, Alaska
    ≈ 00:38:00
    Inferred
  5. 5Return with the antitoxin
    Nome, Alaska
    ≈ 01:05:00
    Stated on screen
  6. 6The statue
    Balto statue, Central Park, New York
    ≈ 01:10:00
    Inferred

The journey in numbers

Distance travelled
2,631 km
Places
4
Countries
1
Stops
6
  • Not shown: 1,919 km
  • On foot: 713 km

Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.

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