Birth Name: Gunnar E. Kaasen
Occupation: Dog Musher
Place Of Birth: Norway
Date Of Birth: March 11, 1882
Date Of Death: November 27, 1960
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: Unknown
Nationality: American
Gunnar Kaasen was born on the 11th of March, 1882. He was best known for being a Dog Musher. Dogsledder who, with his trusty dog Balto, delivered a vital shipment of diphtheria antitoxin to save people in Nome, Alaska.
Gunnar Kaasen was born in Norway. He emigrated from Norway to Alaska to take part in the Gold Rush and became an expert dog musher: the primary means of transportation when the roads and waterways were ice-locked. He was part of a group of mushers taking the 300,000 units of the serum from Anchorage to Nome: a 674-mile trip, parts of which he spent on treacherous roads in near white-out conditions.
Gunnar Kaasen was a Pisces and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Childhood
Gunnar Kaasen was born in 1880s.
Gunnar E. Kaasen is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
Education
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Family
Gunnar Kaasen’s mother’s name is unknown at this time and his father’s name is under review. We will continue to update information on Gunnar Kaasen’s parents.
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Personal Life
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Gunnar Kaasen was born in the Year of the Horse.
Fast Facts
| REAL NAME: | Gunnar E. Kaasen |
| NICKNAME: | Gunnar |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Pisces |
| BIRTH DAY: | Saturday |
| DEATH DAY: | Sunday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Gunnar Kaasen was a Pisces. People of this zodiac sign like romance, to sleep, spiritual themes and dislike the know-it-all, to be criticized, and cruelty of any kind. The strengths of this sign are being compassionate, artistic, gentle, wise, while weaknesses can be to be fearful, overly trusting and desire to escape reality. The greatest overall compatibility with Pieces is Virgo and Taurus.
Chinese Zodiac: Gunnar Kaasen was born in the Year of the Serpent. People born under this sign are seen as warm-hearted and easygoing. Independence is one of their greatest strengths, but sometimes they're overly frank with others.
Ruling Planet: Gunnar Kaasen had a ruling planet of Neptune and has a ruling planet of Neptune. Back the early 2,000 B.C. the outer planets, Uranus and Pluto, were not yet discovered, since the telescope had not yet been invented. Astrologers and astronomers could only work with planets visible to the eye.
Gunnar Kaasen’s birth sign is Pisces and he had a ruling planet of Neptune.
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