"I didn't think any place could affect me the way mountain environments have affected me, but when I first visited the Serengeti I found I was wrong - and I found I was wrong again when I experienced the barrenlands. In both places one feels the true vastness of the earth."

"When one stops chattering and listens to the sighing of the winds sweeping across the tundra, something inside you carries you back into the far reaches of time when we all carried spears. When it is quiet it is so quiet and the spaces are so great that you feel the earth turning slowly on its axis."

"This sense of antiquity and the immensity of space are, to me, a fundamental aspect of the tundra. Adding wildlife to the tundra brings it all to life. Without wildlife, one could dismiss any environment, no matter how beautiful, as merely being scenery. The tundra has it all!"

"The camp, staff, food all exceeded expectations. I think some yuppie-types have a hard time understanding what a miracle it is that this operation even exists! I think you need to be commended for changing and adapting plans according to changing conditions."