A photo from my research in the Brooks Range 11 years ago. I took this after my pilot said “if the weather is good, I’ll be back in three days.” And then he took off. And one more photo of the bear tracks outside my tent the next morning.

That was a good trip.

A small single-engine airplane is landing or taking off on a riverbed with rocky terrain and some equipment or supplies placed nearby.Bear footprints lead along the edge of a sandy shore near the water.