the 1,000-mile dog sled race through the Yukon and Alaska
Firth, John
1998
Chronicles the history of the Yukon Quest, a 1,000 mile dog sled race through Alaska and Canada; includes information on the route, the participants, and how race dogs are raised and cared for.
Davey, making his way from Seattle to find his uncle in the Klondike, stops in the town of Skagway where he takes a job working for photographer Erik Larson before starting the next leg of his journey, but he fears he may not be able to go on when Erik falls ill on the Chilkoot Trail.
Verses chronicling the Klondike gold rush and immortalizing the colorful characters of the Yukon Territory, chosen from the author's earlier collections "The spell of the Yukon" and "Ballads of a Cheechako".
Contains forty-three stories of the unknown and inexplicable, taken from the pages of northern newspapers and magazines from the 1880s to the 1990s, and telling tales of mysterious creatures, ghostly encounters, and lost treasures.
Describes the contribution of dogs to the Alaska-Yukon gold rush and profiles nine remarkable dogs from this period, discussing their work and adventures, and their relationships with their masters.