3. Klondike Gold Rush history 1896-98. Never understood why needing to go up the Chilkoot pass’ ice steps outside Skagway, Alaska was such a big deal until I found out that the RCMP mandated you needed to carry one year’s worth of supplies to be allowed into Canada- so you had to do it 40-50 times! The goal was to get over the coastal mountains to Carcross, then go by the Yukon River ~600 km past hazardous Whitehorse rapids (they looked like the flowing manes of white horses,