Gold mining

The story “To Build a Fire” is about a man’s attempt to travel across the Yukon in temperatures as low as 75 degrees below zero. In the beginning the man is trying to get back to a camp where there are other people, but complications in his journey made that not possible. Soon after, three foot of snow had fallen but despite the extreme cold temperatures, he wasn’t too worried about the weather yet. He didn’t realize how serious the situation he was in was, his face and fingers were numb, but as…

The author of the novel ´Never Cry Wolf´ ,Farley Mowat, uses many instances to convey the point that the wolves of the great north were portrayed as regardless savages that kill for sport, and that this was false and they are peaceful equalizers of the populations to keep the herds healthy. Originally published in 1963, Mowat sets out on his journey after being given honorary doctorates, he arrives at were his study is supposed to begin in the winter of 1948 and it carries on into 1949. In these…

The Dominguez-Escalante Expedition was historically important because these men were the first people, not Indians, to explore much of Utah gaining information on the people that they met and the land itself. The Dominguez-Escalante Journal it the accounting of the expedition traveling thru Arizona, Colorado, and Utah. Father Dominguez and Father Escalante’s party included “twelve Spanish colonials and two Indians”. The Mexican Government enlisted a catholic priest, Francisco Dominguez to…

Death in Frigid Alaska In The Call of the Wild written by Jack London, set during the Alaskan Klondike gold rush of 1897, death is a common theme throughout the book. The Call of the Wild is a story about Buck, a farm dog, who is kidnapped from his home in Santa Clara Valley and forced to work as a sled dog up north in Alaska for the Klondike gold rush. In The Call of the Wild there are many hardships these dogs must face in the Alaskan wilderness. Some of the hardships they had to go through…

A Photos: Koljambus/BigStock.com, exopixel/BigStock.com, Anutaray/BigStock.com s its name suggests, the German Shepherd Dog originated in Germany, with the first off icial German Shepherd Club (SV) founded in 1899. When cavalry off icer Captain Max Von Stephanitz bought his first German Shepherd, he was smitten. Widely recognised as the “father of the breed”, Captain Von Stephanitz led the way in promoting German Shepherds and was instrumental in introducing them to life in the service.…

First, Buck and White Fang both save their masters. For example, Buck saves John Thornton from drowning and wins him $1,600 so he can strike rich in the Klondike, and White Fang saves Jack Conroy when the gold mine caves in on him and helps him strike rich when gold dust is revealed on White Fang’s paws. Since Buck and White Fang both save their masters and help make them rich, the dogs are the same in that way. Second, the dogs were in different places when their masters were attacked…

Being in extreme environment can be dangerous but using your knowledge is the best solution out of this situation. This is what the characters in LIfe of Pi by Yann Martel and “The Story of Keesh” by Jack London did. In both stories, The Life of Pi and “ The Story of Keesh”, the characters use their intelligence, knowledge and good judgement to survive in extreme environments. In “The Story of Keesh ", Keesh shows many survival skills in his village in the Arctic. For example, to the villagers…

It is not easy to survive in the wild. It requires a special type of character and willpower to make it out alive. Not only does this book illustrate how to survive out in the wild, it shows what characteristics that a true leader of the pack needs. The alpha male in this pack, White Fang, deals with the cold winter and barely any food; to continue living, this little wolf must learn to survive and thrive in his environment. As a little cub, White Fang develops a niche for figuring things out, a…

to fall drastically on ice, one will also have to try not getting killed by a vicious Alaskan animal on your journey through the frigid place called Alaska. The geography of Alaska makes it difficult to explore and settle both during the Klondike, Gold Rush, and today because of: walking on one's two feet throughout the travels, walking…

On January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall discovered gold at a mill where a group of men erecting for John A. Sutter south of the American river. Even though Sutter tried to keep it se-cret until he could secure and protect his vast estates from Mexican land grants, California’s newspaper already revealed his findings only two months later in March. First news reached the east coast in August by the New York Herald, next month the word from the United States Counsel in Monterrey, Thomas O. Larkin,…