When the winter closed off the ocean Bering Sea, here it went to fight To seize in it, Alaskan coastland The town of Nome fought for its life In the winds of the north Nowhere they could fly Great men with their dogs came forth It's up to us, let us try We are the final hope Through ice and storm we go Final hope towards the wendigo We go on and on, we will not turn around We're the ancient union, man and beast Pushing on through Norton Sound When the winter showed them no mercy Men of northlands They all stood tall From Fairbanks to western sea 600 miles of trail Called on Yukon to bring relief To they cannot go We are the final hope Through ice and storm we go Final hope towards the wendigo We go on and on, we will not turn around We're the ancient union, man and beast Pushing on through Norton Sound In five and half days Vials of the cure In this wind Through blackest of the nights The lead dogs light The cruelest of mires In their memory We are the final hope Through ice and storm we go Final hope towards the wendigo We go on and on, we will not turn around We're the ancient union, man and beast Pushing on through Norton Sound We are the final hope Through ice and storm we go Final hope towards the wendigo We will go on and on, we will not turn around We're the ancient union, man and beast Pushing on through Norton Sound