We walked several blocks from the Information Center to Jack London's cabin and interpretive site on the far side of town. It felt good to get out and walk again after being in the truck for so long. We sat in on an interpretive presentation about Dick North and his quest to track the author Jack London's time spent in the Yukon. Jack London wrote many books, but never an autobiography. Many people have written about Jack London and his many adventures. But the year he spent in the Yukon was apparently pivotal in developing his stories.  Jack London's signature was found on the inside of this cabin found decades later out in the Yukon. The signature has been authenticated. It is believed he would sit with the others in the Yukon at that time for gold mining or fur trading and on the long winter nights as they told tales around the fire, he was developing his thoughts for his stories. Dick North has written several books on the life of Jack London. He is still alive and in his 70's and lives near Dawson City.

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