Chapters 7 and 8 Summary

In chapter seven, Trixie's hair sample is at the lab and ready for processing. Mike gets a lesson in DNA. Meanwhile, Daniel and Laura arrive in Alaska. Daniel finds a man he knows from his childhood and asks about Trixie. He describes her but no one claims to have seen her. One person tells them about a skinny girl who arrived late headed for Tuluksak, but when Laura asks for her hair color, they're told the latecomer had black hair which prompts Daniel and Laura to decide it must not have been Trixie. However, the woman then says that the latecomer didn't have warm clothes and Daniel suddenly has a premonition. He knows he has to get to Tuluksak.

Trixie and the Eskimo who is with her, Willie, arrive at the check station. One of the teams comes in with a...