The icy arctic cold stung Wilfred's hands and feet like a knife. The howling wind pushed the ice floe on which he was adrift out to sea, and with it, his hopes of being rescued. His clothes, soaked when the sled fell through the ice, were now frozen. Leaning against his dog for warmth, Wilfred fought against sleep, knowing that if he fell asleep, he might never wake up.
Wilfred Grenfell, the intrepid English doctor, was accustomed to living with danger. He began relief work among the fishermen of the deadly North Sea; and after learning of the appalling conditions of poverty and injustice in which the inhabitants of Newfoundland lived, he decided to serve among the impoverished fishing communities of the inhospitable and remote Labrador coast.
Grenfell founded hospitals, schools, orphanages, and fishermen's cooperatives, demonstrating his faith to people without hope.
