Chapter 12, pgs. 802 - 868 Summary

Kendra accepted an offer to fly over the tundra. She was amazed at her students not wanting to go to the lower forty-eight states or wanting a college education. They said that they were Alaskan and wanted to do things the Alaskan way.

A group of Japanese arrived to climb Denali. One of them was a man named Takabuki, who was one of the world's best climbers. There were two other men and two women in the group. On the expedition, one of the women, Kimiko, fell into a crevasse. They managed to rescue her.

When Kendra returned to Desolation Point, she found she had a new neighbor named Rick Venn, the grandson of Malcolm and Tammy. They were introduced by Afanasi. Rick had opened Kensington Kennels and was planning to take part in a race called the Iditarod...