A Man's First Attempt to Build a Fire at 75 Below

When it is 75 below zero, a man must not fail in his first attempt to build a fire. If his feet are dry and he fails, he can run along the trail for half a mile and restore his circulation. But the circulation of wet and freezing t cannot be restored by running when it is75 below no matter how fast he runs. The cold of space smote the unprotected tip of the planet. And he, being on that unprotected tip, received the full force of the blow. Already all sensation had gone out of his feet. To build the fire, he had been forced to remove his mittens,. His fingers had quickly gone numb. So long as he walked four miles