Read this excerpt from The Call of the Wild. The drivers confidently expected a long stopover. Themselves, they had covered twelve hundred miles with two days’ rest, and in the nature of reason and common justice they deserved an interval of loafing. But so many were the men who had rushed into the Klondike, and so many were the sweethearts, wives, and kin that had not rushed in, that the congested mail was taking on Alpine proportions; also, there were official orders.

Which statement best describes the role that the third-person-omniscient point of view plays in this excerpt?

It provides important historical details that readers would not get if Buck narrated the story.
It gives information about how far sled-dog teams traveled that readers would not know if one of the men narrated the story.
It gives reasons for why the dogs and men are so exhausted that readers may not understand if Buck narrated the story.
It provides important details about story events that readers would not get if one of the men narrated the story.