The hunt for gold - that is the motive that leads different types of adventurers to the gold mining town of Dawson in Alaska. The main characters in this story based on Jack London’s story are Kid and Shorty. Their greed for the precious metal leads the adventurers into extreme ventures and wild speculation. The Kid and Shorty take advantage of this and start buying up land because they supposedly want to build a new town. Everyone else now believes that great gold discoveries are to be expected...