New York
North Dakota
The Yukon
Alaska
We never find out
Jack
Teddy
Manny
Chechaquo
Debutante
Ingenue
Outsider
Thirty-two degrees Fahrenheit
Zero degrees Fahrenheit
Seventy degrees Fahrenheit below zero
Fifty degrees Fahrenheit below zero
A hound
A husky
An English Cocker Spaniel
A wolf
Anchorage
Nome
Iditarod
Henderson Creek
The passions of life
The things of life
The heartaches of life
The significances of life
Ears
Lips
Fingers
Nose and cheekbones
Because his rum has run into it
Because his food has run into it
Because his tobacco has run into it
It is the natural color
Fur
Hot oil
A nose strap
A scarf
Wet snow
Hidden springs
Bears
Moose
It burrows into the snow
It bites at the ice between its toes
It builds a fire
It whines
He builds a fire
He blows on them
He rubs them against the dog's fur
He beats them against his legs
Sulphur Creek
Michigan
North Dakota
Henderson Creek
"Weak"
"Hardy"
"Feminine"
"Womanish"
It has inherited knowledge of the cold
It has lived in the cold for years
It has studied the land
It has learned from the man
"It came"
"It went"
It happened
It occurred
His feet
His knees
His chest
His waist
He hates water
He fears frostbite
He wanted to prove he could handle the Yukon on his own
It will delay him
An imperative
A poetic phrase
A grammar lesson on infinitives
An instruction manual
As an "error
As a "mistake
As a "problem
As the man's "fault"
As a "process"
As a "projection"
As a "series of links"
As a "series of causes"
100
Seventy
Fifty
Ten
He sees they are burning his flesh
He is afraid of using them all up
He feels they are burning his flesh
He does not need them any more
The man snuffs it out as he tries to protect it from a piece of moss
The man gets it wet
The snow falls on it again
The dog runs over it