[c7b]

Ok, but that should just make us further question whether the Balto/Togo story really has anything in common with the history of tectonics. There isn't a clear obvious hero and a hidden hero (both of whom somewhat undeservedly singled out from the group effort), there's just one well-known name, and it's not even clear which of the two characters he'd correspond to.

[woojoo666]

I agree that the Balto/Togo story doesn't fit quite so neatly into the Wegener story, but I also think the article brings up a good broader point that credit is often given to people/dogs that seem undeserving when you dig a little deeper.

[c7b]

It is, and the phenomenon has a name already: c7b's law "every scientific discovery is named after the wrong person" (yes, that is the correct way to name it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy)