Summary

Farley and the gear the government decides he’ll need are loaded onto an Air Force transport. The plane is a twin engine capable of carrying thirty. However, by the time his equipment is on board, there is barely room to take Farley, the pilot, and the crew. He is outfitted with one third of a collapsible canoe, armaments including tear gas grenades and potassium cyanide charges, grain alcohol for preservation of specimen stomachs, seven axes, skis, snowshoes, and more. Finally, there is barely room for Farley, the pilot, and co-pilot to wedge themselves in for the flight to Churchill.

From there, he is tasked with chartering a plane to take him deeper into the wilderness where he is to establish a base near an adequate wolf population. The instructions, vague at best, do not include much direction, and the only pilot...