They began to go down the mountain. The sled began to pick up speed so Ranger Mercer cut his dogs loose. That way, the huskies would not be run over by the sled they were hauling behind them.

Finally, the two men lost control of the sled. They could not hold it back any more. It flew down the mountain and dug in the snow at the bottom. The top came off the wooden box and the corpse flew out and stuck in the snow 50 yards away.

At that moment, his driver acted strangely. The stress of the journey in the company of a dead body had gotten on his nerves. Frightened by the turn of events, he screamed and ran away.

Ranger Mercer was now all alone in the cold north.

He found some of the huskies and went to retrieve the body. He picked it up, brought it to the coffin on the sled, and placed it inside. Using the dogs to follow his driver's scent, he located the man. The man's nerves were completely gone, and he acted like he was crazy. He was speaking nonsense and would not get on the sled. Walking some distance behind, he followed Ranger Mercer to the nearest camp.

At the camp was an elder who knew native medicine. He took the intestine of a seal and blew it up. He tied it to a stick and stuck it on the coffin. Next, he put the claw of a raven around the crazy man. He calmed down enough to continue the trip with Ranger Mercer.

It took twelve days to cover the 600 miles. The Grenfell doctor at Cartwright discovered that the man had died as the result of a fall when he was drunk. There was no murder. The man had fallen while drunk. When it was discovered that the trapper had moonshine in his cabin where the body was found, he received six months in jail.

The life of a policeman is risky in normal situations. In the far north, in the land of ice and snow, it is even more dangerous. During all his adventures in Labrador, Ranger Frank Mercer was one lucky man.