Found Arctic Camp Reveals Horrifying End

In 1911, four men set off by dog sled across Northern Canada’s most desolate, treacherous, and frozen terrain. Somewhere along this journey, things would go horrifyingly wrong. This is their story.

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Writing and research by Jay Adams

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[ZombieSurvivalist]

My old man is an avid outdoorsman. Loved hiking in Alaska. Sometime he’s text me grid coordinates with “Ill be somewhere around here, see you in two weeks.” And it would be in prime Alaska wilderness.

He always told me the biggest mistake you will ever make in the wilderness…is tricking yourself into believing that you have it figured out. He was always careful. Planned for emergencies took all the right steps. He is a mountain man but the man will always yield to the mountain.

[andyrector]

Yukoner here! Thanks for this one. The highway that was later built between Dawson and Fort McPherson was named after the leader of the search party, William Dempster. It's a bit west of the old dogsled route.

[QaulinDickson]

I’ve watched a number of your videos. The key thing I’ve learned is when explorers choose ego over common sense, disaster is usually their only reward.

[littlebear]

At first I could *kinda* understand letting Esau go because presumably he wanted to go home and having to make his way back alone all the way from Dawson City would really suck, but then it was revealed his group was going there anyway! He could have easily waited in Dawson City for them to arrive and rejoined them there without having to make a long dangerous trek by himself.

[CommonSenseConnoisseur]

I lived on the arctic tundra (in the arctic circle/Kotzebue Alaska) for three years. The day I got off the plane it was -55 F, It was always so cold and dark and had snow for eight months out of the year. Living in a place like that was so different from the lower 48 but i loved every minute of it. I wasn't blessed enough to have a snowmobile but i did have a four wheeler and I drove out onto the ice every day after work to ice fish for sheefish to donate to the elders and the sled dogs, you didn't need bait or even a pole, just a stick with string and hook and you would catch 8 huge fish in thirty minutes. I was also able to go on a beluga and leopard seal hunting trip but that was pretty traumatizing. They were always having potlucks in the office building I worked in and people were so kind and welcoming. And the northern lights looked much different up there than they do further south. Two thirds of the sky would turn lime green and look like swirling soup. I miss it every day it was the experience of a lifetime.

[Oracle_Ocelot]

when your main reaction is "Yay! No cannibalism!" you know you've been watching too many disaster videos...

[skullzonyt]

Born and raised here in the Yukon. I truly believe it’s one of the most beautiful places on earth, thanks for telling this story. I worked at a museum here this summer and one of the gallery tours I did discussed this lost patrol and the crew who went to find them. They call Alaska the last frontier but I think the Yukon or the other Canadian territories are the true owners of that title.

[yokai_]

HOOKED on this channel right now, ive been binge watching all the caving / cave diving videos. Thank you, LOVE the content!!

[brianniegemann]

I drove through Yukon on the Alcan Highway, along the St. Elias Mts. It was summer in 1974, but still scary. There was no sign of human life for hours at a time, other than the telephone wires and the highway itself. My car was freezing in spite of having the heater cranked up full blast. One mechanical problem and you're an icicle.

[buckgulick]

The "lesser known" stories are always the best!
Great video!

[patchworkmountains]

Embarrassment of failure and overconfidence has felled many man.

[mackenziebooker]

I live in a small town called Mayo in the Yukon during the summer it has a population of only 400 people. I love this territory, one day this summer we were waking into our staff house, and there was just a bear chilling eating berries. My friend did the worst thing and tried to run and she ended up slipping which luckily scared the bear away instead of causing an attack, craziest thing I’ve ever witnessed

[DeltoroPR]

I drove from Dawson City to Tuktoyaktuk last year. You really did feel the emptiness out there. I went 4 hours without passing another car in nothern BC/ Southern Yukon

[Flanneryschickens]

I'd rather be embarrassed and alive than cause everyone else to die for my own pride

[joec]

Grew up in northern Maine and experienced some amazingly cold nights cant imagine trying to spend weeks in the weather like these dudes

[joseph-fernando-piano]

Hearing him list off the horrifying cold temperatures that the patrol had to deal with reminds me of a common saying/complaint in Canada during winter: “Why do I live where the air hurts my face?”

[alizeemarianne]

I discovered this channel while recovering from surgery two years ago and it quickly became my comfort channel and I get so excited whenever you release another one. It’s been awesome to watch it grow and to see your videos getting the praise they deserve. Thank you for the endless hours of bedtime content!

[esshor.]

I completely understand and am aware of the dire circumstances of life or death scenarios. But it still seems so cruel to me that the dogs that had worked so hard as those men’s transportation power, were all eaten. Not due to any error or mistake on their part, but instead due to the ignorance and irresponsibility of the men they were transporting.

[ORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLARXIIII]

Dying of starvation is an absolutely agonising and slow laborious death and one of the guys knew best way out with a bullet to his head..RIP

[getgaijoobed]

As a civil engineering student in Vancouver, I had the opportunity, as an intern, to work with a team that built and maintained hydrometric infrastructure all across BC and the Yukon. Man it’s beautiful up there but so desolate…you can drive for 10 hours and not pass a single populated town. Also, the mosquitos and sand flies were so bad…they even crawl up your pants. Had to go to the hospital one time because I had a ring of bites around my ankle, but luckily it was just a mild allergic reaction 😅. I can’t image what it would be like in the winter up there, on foot/sled and with no roads