Alaska The Last Winter On November 24, 1987: Machale and his dog Chatta were going hunting in Alaska one cold winter week. On the first day, they were walking to their hunting site across the snow, Machale reached the spot he thought was the site for him and Chatta to hunt. On the side of Alaska Machale was hunting on, it was illegal to hunt there. They were hunting illegally by hunting on land that was government owned. When government owned land is hunted on, the people who are hunting there will lose their hunting license to be able to hunt in Alaska. They have hunted in the same spot for three days. They had no idea they were hunting illegally. Today is now November 30, 1987: Machale had figured out that he was hunting on the wrong …show more content…
Machale looks around but there was no Chatta to be found. He hurriedly went outside to the hunting ground and looks around to see if Chatta was out there. On Machale’s way to the campsite he falls through the snow that was covering an icy cold stream of water. His body was ice cold to the bone. In fifty eight degrees below zero, Machale walked to the cabin to try to dry off and warm up. If he doesn’t get warm fast he could possibly get hypothermia. Hypothermia is the condition of having very low body temperatures. This could be very dangerous. When he gets back to the cabin he saw a pile of snow over the place he had last had his fire built. There is no way to warm …show more content…
He introduces himself to Machale, his name was Terry and he was sent to find Machale and take him back to his cabin to try to warm him up to a some-what normal temperature for the human body. When the men get back to the cabin Machale figured out where his dog may be. Terry tries to convince Machale to not leave the cabin, but to stay and get warmer and find his dog the next day but he realized that it is no use. He let’s Machale leave to go fine Chatta. Machale had no idea that Terry was the Game Warden looking for hunters who were illegally hunting in places that were off limits to hunting.Which, Machale was one of those people that Terry was looking
He constantly decided how cold it was and how he didn’t like to be as cold as he was. Inevitably, the psychological factors wore his mind and soul down to make him only think how cold he was. By the end of his situation, any warmth, whether by the sleep of death or fire, was all the man could think about. Without any imagination to focus his thoughts elsewhere, the man helped himself collapse into his final doom.
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During his journey, the man gets his feet wet as he falls through the ice into the water of a hot spring. Because of the severity of the cold, the man’s life depends upon his ability to adapt to his surroundings. After one, half-successful fire-starting endeavor, and several other pitiful attempts, the hopelessness of the man’s lone struggle
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Each time the dog fell through, his instincts told him to stop and bite the ice from in between his paws. If he didn't they would be sore. Eventually the man walked in front and fell into a pool of water, which delayed him. He would have to stop and build a fire and wait for his feet and socks to dry off. This was still dangerous because that meant removing those articles, which would leave them exposed. His instinct told him to keep going and not stop to dry off. He decided to run the further distance hoping to increase circulation but failed. It had only wore him out and now his hands were beginning to freeze. Now it would be hard to light a fire because of the numbness in his hands. After he learned it was too late to build one he turned his thoughts towards the dog. If he killed it, he could place his hands into the core, which would defrost his hands. But the dog’s instinct told him not to go near the man, as he could be a target. Without feeling in his hands now he could not kill the dog either. He was beginning to accept his
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