Data from work compiled by David Porta (August 11, 2005). Gaylord Du Bois writing credits from "Gaylord Du Bois's Account Books Sorted by Title" compiled from the original account books by Randall W. Scott, 1985.
The 'Boreas' a small coastal vessel, carrying emergency food supplies to an Eskimo settlement, runs into a small iceberg during a snow squall, at night.
Bob and Fred Devon hoped to reach their campsite in the Canadian Northwest woods before sundown, but rain, fog, and a flat tire had slowed them down so that it was dark...