yukon territory

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yukon territory

Being caribou

five months on foot with an Arctic herd
2008
Follows the Caribou migration and highlights the enormity of the loss that will occur if oil drilling is allowed in the territory.

Yukon Quest

the 1,000-mile dog sled race through the Yukon and Alaska
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.

The long trail

2004
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.

Best tales of the Yukon

1983
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".

The last great gold rush

a Klondike reader
2002
A collection of twenty-three short stories by various authors about the Klondike Gold Rush of 1898.

Strange stories of Alaska and the Yukon

1996
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.

Best tales of the Yukon

2003
A collection of poems about the Yukon written by Robert W. Service.

The cremation of Sam McGee

2006
The famous poem by Robert W. Service about the profound cold of the Yukon and how it affected two gold miners is put to illustration by Ted Harrison.

Gold rush dogs

2001
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.

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