Answer: She wanted to recapture mungo park of wonder and determination.
Explanation: Salak decided on the journey alone on a kayak, because she was hoping to recapture Mungo Park's sense of wonder and determination. Salak's trip was deeply a personal trip, which she used in sharing her fears.
Her main motive for undertaking the journey was to buy back the two Bella slave women.
Salak learns that after her difficult journey, her normal life is very repetitious and that her life on the river was unpredictable. She also felt like she was one with the river.
Because, Buck wanted to Lead the sled himself. He thought that since he beat and killed Spitz, then he had earned that right only.
