Story Context:

Jack London was an American short story writer and novelist who lived from 1876 to 19161. He often wrote adventure stories and stories set in the wilderness such as The Call of the Wild and White Fang ¹.

One of his more famous short stories is To Build a Fire which is set in the Yukon during the winter. The winters in Canada and Alaska are very cold. When traveling in extreme cold, a person needs to be careful to stay warm by wearing warm clothes, staying dry, and warming up near a fire or inside a shelter. If a person becomes too cold, their body can begin to freeze, and they could even die. Traveling in the extreme cold of the Yukon is dangerous. 

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_{1. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jack-London}