Another famine comes upon the land when the cubs are still young, and all of the cubs die - except one: a gray wolf cub.
The she-wolf and One Eye travel together, then, until it is time for her to settle down to give birth to her cubs. After the famine is over, the wolf pack separates, and the she-wolf and three males travel together, until one of the wolves, "One Eye," kills the other two. Part Two of the novel shifts the narrative perspective to that of the she-wolf. He resigns himself, therefore, to the inevitable, but he is finally rescued by a group of men who are also out in the wild. When he awakens in the morning, he realizes immediately that his supply of wood is gone, and he cannot go out and search for some more. Thus Henry is left alone - with only two dogs and no ammunition - and after days of traveling, covering only a short distance each day, he is forced to build a fire to surround himself and protect himself from the wolves. When the men have only two dogs left, Bill decides to shoot the she-wolf, but he is killed himself by the famished wolf pack. As a result, they become suspicious, and finally they notice a she-wolf who comes to the camp at night and lures the dogs away. Strangely, the next morning, there are only five dogs to be fed. As the novel begins, they have six sled dogs, but one night, they notice that there are seven dogs to be fed. Thus, they are in a desperate situation because they are being pursued by a pack of famished wolves. It is a time of famine, and they are low on food also, they have little ammunition. Part One of the novel shows two men, Henry and Bill, struggling to bring the corpse of Lord Alfred back to civilization.
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