"In the winter of 1885, Colonel Allen Forrester leads a small band of men on an expedition up the Wolverine River to pierce the untamed Alaska Territory. Leaving behind Sophie, his pregnant wife, Forrester records his experiences in hopes that his journal will reach her if he doesn't return. As they map the territory and gather information on the native tribes, Forrester and his men discover the blurred lines between human and wild animal, the living...

"Sled dog Togo--the true hero of the 1925 Serum Run--narrates the story of his life working with musher Leonard Seppala"--

When Jack and Mabel attempt to homestead in Alaska in 1920, they find themselves drifting apart from the weight of work and loneliness; but they find a young, blonde-haired girl who calls herself Faina and who seems to be a child of the woods.