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Odyssey to the North
註釋It was the great gold rush to Alaska that began in 1897 that gave birth to the North-Western story. The setting in these stories is a primordial world, one in which rigorous activity is made necessary because the climate freezes everything. The veneer of civilization on the men and women who answer this challenge vanishes, leaving individuals faced with having to live by cunning, instinct, and sometimes ruthlessness.