Once there was a dog named Buck. Buck had a comfortable life. He lived on an estate in California and was the owner's pet. But that all changed when he was kidnapped. Buck was brought to the Yukon in western Canada. It was cold and snowy there and Buck had never been to a place that's cold before. He was sold to a man in a red sweater who treated him very badly unlike his owners in California. The man beat him, but Buck knew that he was no match for the man. After a few days with the man he was sold to two other men named Perrault and Francois. Perrault and François where mail carriers and they had a team of sled dogs. Buck quickly learned how to pull sleds and adapt to the harsh weather and the other dogs. Buck even becomes the leader