A bestir Walt Disney dog-sled escapade establish on a existent life event - a 522-mile dog-sled race between Winnipeg, Canada and St. Alice Paul, Gopher State that happen in 1917. When his male parent is by chance kill, South Dakota farmboy volition Stoneman decide to come in the dog-sled race in order to salvage his household from fiscal ruination. His female parent desire Will to use portion of the prospective $ 10,000 race win for college, but volition merely desire to salvage the farm.