Did you know the "Three Lucky Swedes, " Jafet Lindberg, Erik Lindblom and John Brynteson, discovered gold at Anvil Creek (near Nome) in 1898? Thousands poured into Nome shortly thereafter, as soon as steamships from Seattle and San Francisco could reach Nome through the ice.

Ole says: "Never tell people your troubles. Half of dem don't care ... and da odder half is glad it happened to you."