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The 746 kilometers of Yukon River between Canada's Whitehorse and Dawson City is not only a fantastic treasure trove of wildlife, but navigating it is also a solid canoeing feat. The presence of bears, beavers, and other animals almost extinct in civilized Europe is a frequent occurrence on the banks of wild rivers and sometimes in campsites. But what makes the Yukon and its famous Klondike and Bonanza tributaries so famous is the gold rush of 1897-8. Dawson swelled from a population of 1,200 in the first year of the fever to 38ooo in 1898! The world's greatest adventurers tried their luck here, and many never returned from the place near the Arctic Circle and the land of permafrost. One of them was Czech native Jan Eskymo Welzl... Screenplay and director: Martin Kratochvíl Music: Martin Kratochvíl