The White Silence

The White Silence is a short story first published in Overland Monthly magazine, 1899. It was subsequently included in The Son of the Wolf, a story collection published in 1900.

The White Silence is set in the unforgiving winter landscape of Yukon Territory, Canada. The story chronicles the travels of three people across the Northland Trail on the Yukon, as they try to reach civilization before spring. The story deals with the fragile relationship between man and nature, and also between man and animal. Its title is a phrase that London used frequently in his descriptions of the frozen northern landscapes in his stories.