Sighting 100 Miles Away

Unknown to either of the boys at the time a similar object was seen the night before over Atlin lake, 100 miles southeast of Whitehorse. We did not have time to check personally on this report but were particularly interested, not only because it tallied so closely with the boys', but also because of the setting. Atlin, once a center of boisterous activity in gold rush days, is now almost a ghost town. A few trappers and traders still live there but long gone is the time when paddle-wheel steamers plied the lake carrying eager hordes in quest of Klondike gold. It was the era when Robert Service wrote, "The northern lights have seen strange sights . .."

Once more the north is seeing strange sights.