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The Klondike Gold Rush [n 1] was a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the Klondike region of Yukon in northwestern Canada, between 1896 and 1899. Gold was discovered there by local miners on August 16, 1896; when news reached Seattle and San Francisco the following year, it triggered a stampede of prospectors.
Last Sled is the first story in which Rosa delves into Scrooge's past life, on his journey to becoming the richest man in the world, and so acts as a spiritual sequel to Carl Barks's classic Scrooge story "Back to the Klondike", describing his experiences as a gold prospector during the Klondike Gold Rush.
Map of the historical and current Iditarod trails; the route taken during the 1925 serum run is shown in green.. The 1925 serum run to Nome, also known as the Great Race of Mercy and The Serum Run, was a transport of diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled relay across the US territory of Alaska by 20 mushers and about 150 sled dogs across 674 miles (1,085 km) in 5½ days, saving the small town of ...
Klondike is a three-part miniseries about the Klondike Gold Rush that was broadcast by the Discovery Channel on January 20–22, 2014. Based on Charlotte Gray 's novel Gold Diggers: Striking It Rich in the Klondike , it is the Discovery Channel's first scripted miniseries.
Portuguese expedition to discover the Northwest Passage. Part of the expedition, captained by Gaspar's brother Miguel Corte-Real, were sent back to Portugal and are the only known survivors from this expedition. Corte-Real rescue expedition Miguel Corte-Real: 1502 Atlantic Ocean: Portuguese rescue mission to search for lost explorer Gaspar ...
The Klondike (/ ˈ k l ɒ n d aɪ k /; from Hän Tr'ondëk ' hammerstone water ') is a region of the territory of Yukon, in northwestern Canada. It lies around the Klondike River , a small river that enters the Yukon River from the east at Dawson City .
Hollywood on the Klondike: Dawson City’s Great Film Find (2023) By Michael Gates. An exciting account of the history behind a hoard of silent films found buried beneath the permafrost of Dawson City. Many of the films had been lost to history, so their discovery was a lucky strike for film archivists and historians.
Though the expedition failed to find the hoped-for papers, in a speech at a dinner given in his honor by the American Geographical Society in 1880, Schwatka noted that his expedition had made "the longest sledge journey ever made both in regard to time and distance" [8] of eleven months and four days and 2,709 miles (4,360 km) and that it was ...