In 1898, eighty Greenhorns from Chicago set out to strike it rich in Alaska. It was the largest Gold Rush expedition ever launched, and they had no idea what they were in for.

They survived an open-ocean crossing in a flat-bottomed riverboat, sailed 700 miles up the Yukon River, were flim-flammed into diverting up the Koyukuk River by local con men, built a thrown-together group of cabins called Union City, and were plunged into a brutal scurvy-filled Arctic Winter. And that's where the fun began!

One of the prospectors, Charles Harris, toted a 40-pound camera with him during the entire odyssey, but his images have remained hidden for 120 years. Mr. Whitekeys discovered Harris's photos and manuscript, and reveals them here for the first time.