The story "To Build a Fire" is a short story published by American author Jack London. The story describes a man who ventures out into the cold in a forest of the Yukon Territory. He does so in order to visit his friends. However, the man gets in trouble for <u><em>ignoring the advice of not hiking alone in the extreme cold.</em></u> The man is able to build a fire, but as he keeps moving, he eventually dies of hypothermia.