ABSTRACT
It was not the prospect of finding gold which drew Elizabeth to Alaska in 1900. Unlike the crowds who had rushed to the Klondike in 1897, Elizabeth’s search was unconnected to pecuniary gain. At its centre was her concern about her youngest brother Raymond. She had seen little of him since her early days at the Old Stone House but (partly because of this) he had become the focus of many of her hopes and fears.
