great distance throughout an entire day in 75 below zero weather with his partner, a husky dog. He ignores the warnings given to him by his elders and those who know the land and the weather. While traveling to meet his friends at camp he falls through some ice, and his legs immediately begin to freeze up. He stops his journey to build a fire with the hope of recovery and revitalization from the warmth. He finally gets the fire going, but only to have snow fall from a tree above onto the fire, putting it out. By this time his fingers and hands are beginning to loose circulation, and their sense of feeling. He struggles to gather more wood, but by this time he is unable to start the fire again due to the lack of feeling in his hands. He starts to loose hope now as he begins freezing to death. He starts to become desperate feeling that his final minutes of life are numbered as nature begins to sink its claws into his inner being. Becoming frantic, he even attempts to catch his dog so that he can kill it and live inside it to stay warm. When the dog notices that something is wrong in the demeanor of the man, it becomes suspicious and no longer trusts in the man. The Husky stays with its master until his death, but untrusting, he never comes close to the man again. After all of this struggling the man musters up the last bit of his energy and makes a desperate attempt to run the rest of the way, but only to fall to the ground in his final resting spot.
             The theme of the struggle of man vs. nature is deeply rooted within Robert Frost and his works. He was a very strong believer in the theory of Darwinism. This states that only the strongest will survive in a world where there are no second chances. He believed that nature was very powerful and that truly you had to be strong enough to survive the obstacles it would hurdle toward you.
             Frost writes based on his own experiences in life. He has often experienced the same p...