Jake in his prime on the Thelon tundra in 1999 - photo taken by the late Galen Rowell

Jake has left us for a better & higher piece of tundra

1995-2008

On October 13, 2008, at age 14, our camp mascot Jake wandered away down a wet bush road in NW Ontario in the middle of the night, and left this corrupt world for a better & higher piece of tundra.

Jake led quite the life indeed- having flown, hiked & paddled across much of the mainland Arctic - to running free wherever we went. As a half-wolf himself, he often lured other lone tundra wolves and occassionally wolf pups right down into the wildlife camp yard, at the delight of our photographer guests!

He once ran like the wind.....