A 28 minute chronological
music/video summary of Klondike and
Yukon Gold
Rush legends from 1898 to 1988 using
a combination of archival photographs
and current video filming, synchronized
with several descriptive musical
ballads written and recorded by Al
Oster. Archive photos depict 1898
Klondike stampeders departing Skagway,
Alaska over the Chilkoot Pass to
Bennett, on to Whitehorse via Lake
Bennett, Tagish Lake and Marsh Lake,
then down the Yukon River by Paddlewheeler
to Dawson City and the klondike.
A present day look at the
Klondike
reveals an actual working Gold Dredge,
a glimpse at a modern day Placer mining
operation, and a modest reflection at the
beauty and expanse of a spellbound Yukon… LAND
OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN
