Mad Rush For Gold In Frozen North (1914)

A Thrilling Adventure Of A Party Of Eighteen Gold Seekers Who Left New York City In The Winter Of 1897 Headed By Arthur A. Dietz. . Of The Eighteen Men Who Started Out Only Four Of The Party Everreached Civilization Alive And Of The Four Two Are Totally Blind While The Other Two Were Left With Very Poor Sight Due To The Glaring Effect Of The Sun On The Snow And Ice. The Party Traveled Many Miles Into The Very Heart Of Alaska Crossing Immense Glaciers Which Had Never Been Crossed By White Man Before. . During The Time He Was Away Mr. Dietz Kept A Diary In Which He Recorded His Adventures Up Until The Time When He Lost All Record Of Time In The Great Arctic Night But He Kept A Record Of Every Incident For The Two Years And Two Months That He Was Away. . The Start Over The Great Malaspina Glacier Where Some Of The Party Met Their Death By Falling Into Snow-Covered Crevices. After Untold Sufferings They Reached The Interior And Were Engulfed In The Arctic Night Which Held Them Frost Bound For Seven Months.. For A Month Before The Rescue The Remaining Party Were Compelled To Eat Their Faithful Dogs And Dead Fish Found On The Beach And After Spending Two Weeks In A Hospital At Sitka Alaska Where They Were Taken By The Wolcott They Again Reached Seattle Only To Hear That They Were Reported Lost Two Years Before. . This Wonderful True Adventure Is Far More Absorbing Than Any Of The Fiction That Has Been Written About Alaska.