Big ice on the Allenkaket River, Alaska.

Prospectors starting for home, 1400 miles in the interior of Alaska.

Prospectors returning to camp. 62 degrees below zero, Alaska.

Prospectors returning to camp. 62 degrees below zero, Alaska.

A letter from home - on the Allenkaket River, Alaska.

Over the ice, Koyukuk River, Alaska.

Starting out for Caribou, Beaver City, Alaska.

Going up the Yukon River by moonlight to Dawson City, Alaska.

Going up the Yukon River by moonlight to Dawson City, Alaska.

The "Dora Bluhm" at the Port of St. Michaels, Alaska.

At the foot of Chilcoot [Chilkoot] Pass, Alaska.

The leading store at Sheep Camp, Alaska.

Distant view of Chilkoot Pass, Alaska.

Distant view of Chilcoot [Chilkoot] Pass, Alaska.

Citizens of Ohio en route to the Klondike, Dyea Trail, Alaska.

A happy home in Alaska

A happy home in Alaska

Miners and packers climbing the "Golden Stair" trail, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska.

Miners and packers climbing the "Golden Stair" trail, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska.

Preparing to climb "The Golden Stair" and Peterson's Trail, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska.

Preparing to climb "The Golden Stair" and Peterson's Trail, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska.

Preparing to climb "The Golden Stair" and Peterson's Trail, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska.

The morgue after the snowslide, April 3, 1898. Sheep Camp, Alaska.

Gold miners and packers on Dyea Trial [Trail], Alaska.

Bound for the Klondike gold fields, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska.

Bound for the Klondike gold fields, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska.

Bound for the Klondike gold fields, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska.

Bound for the Klondike gold fields, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska.

Bound for the Klondike gold fields, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska.

Bound for the Klondike gold fields, Chilkoot Pass, Alaska.