In 1897, Dawson City on the banks of the Yukon River was the scene of the greatest gold rush the world has ever known...the Klondike Gold Rush. More than 20, 000 men across rugged trails and mountains to reach this land where fortunes could be made in a day.

Two adventurous children go to the Klondike, too. Their mother is dead and their father is missing somewhere along the gold rush trail. So Henry and Sarah Thorpe stow away aboard a ship and search for their father-the first of many hardships to come...