To build a fire

Whether in the Yukon or en route to Dari Mart, it's Man vs. Nature

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IN JACK LONDON’S 1908 short story “To Build a Fire,” the unknown protagonist—“The Man”—finds his life on the line in the frigid Yukon. True, the temperature is -75 degrees. True, he is alone i…