The Frozen Northland

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Excerpt from The Frozen Northland: Life With the Esquimo in His Own Country The passion for adventure is inherent in our race, let alone the interest of scientific curiosity, which prompts men to go in search of the unknown. But science is a great republic in which all have equal rights. Other nations have competed with ourselves to discover the secrets so jealously guarded by the lady of the ice and snow. In the year of 1897 a new word appeared in the American vocabulary, and the Klondike became a surprise and a sensation, not only to our people, but to the world. Then came the rush. Never has the world witnessed such suffering and hardships. To a few it brought wealth, but to thousands it brought poverty, shattered health, and disappointment. The unmarked graves of the frozen Northland will never tell the rest of the story. But the object of the author is to give to the readers of "The Frozen Northland" only personal experiences, together with the knowledge gleaned by the way, with the modes and customs of our dusky friends who dwell in that remote polar region. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.