The Yukon lay a mile wide and hidden under three feet of
ice. On top of this ice were as many feet of snow. It was
all pure white, rolling in gentle undulations where the ice
jams of the freeze-up had formed. North and south, as
far as his eye could see, it was unbroken white, save for
a dark hairline that curved and twisted from around the
spruce-covered island to the south, and that curved and
twisted away into the north, where it disappeared behind
another spruce-covered island.
-"To Build a Fire,"
Jack London
Which facts about the Yukon gold rush connect to the
ideas in this excerpt from "To Build a Fire"? Check all
that apply.
Prospectors traveled along the Yukon River.
Winters in the Yukon were snowy.
Some prospectors died from the cold.
The gold rush started in 1897.
The Yukon territory was sparsely populated.