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The setting of the story is in Klondike, Yukon in Canada during the very cold month of January. The main character is hiking a trail of thirty miles alone.
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The main character, Tom Vincent, was a "strapping young fellow, big-boned and big-muscled, with faith in himself and in the strength of his head and hands."
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The rising action begins when Tom Vincent gets hungry so he removes his mitten to eat a biscuit then suddenly his hand becomes very cold and it begins to numb.
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Once Tom realizes that he cannot warm himself up, he decides to take a run to warm up again and then stops to continue to eat.
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The climax is when the character attempts to cross a creek but he falls in and is sticken with cold water.
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In the falling action, the character attempts to a build a fire but fails at his first couple of attempts.
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Tom, then, takes off his gloves and finally lights a fire.
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As he was next to the fire, a huge clump of snow fell on him and the fire went out.
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The main character's hands were starting to chill so he beat them against the trunk of a tree and then he was able to relight the fire.
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Desperate to warm up, he decides to touch the fire to achieve feeling in his hands.
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The resolution is when the character finally makes it to the camp on the Cherry Creek Divide.
