The Klondike Gold Rush was an event of migration by an estimated 100,000 people prospecting to the Klondike region of north-western Canada in the Yukon region between 1896 and 1899. Watch 'Operation Gold Rush' on BBC Two on 13th November at 8pm. Join Dan Snow and team on an epic 500-mile expedition as they follow in the footsteps of the great 1898 Yukon Goldrush stampede, from Skagway in Alaska to Dawson in Canada. Along the way, they will cross through temperate rain forest and fast flowing rivers, run the risk of avalanche and bear encounters in the mountains and dice with death through fast flowing rapids in a homemade wooden boat. At journey's end lay the remains of the Yukon goldfields where they need to stake a claim, build a camp and pan for gold using period tools. Will they strike it lucky or like many, come away with nothing? To find out more head over to: http://historyhit.com/goldrush/

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