"The Greater Power" by Harold Bindloss

Though British by birth, Harold Bindloss spent much of his early adulthood wandering the world, performing odd jobs. No one could have guessed he would have fallen in love with Canada's wilderness as much as he did. This book opens up in one of the most treacherous settings you can imagine, winter in Canada. Following the lives of those who try to survive in the harsh wilderness of the north.