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“I know the
N
and
W
mean north and west,” he said.
“But I don’t know what the degrees, feet, and inches
marks mean.”
“Craig will know,” Toni said. Buck didn’t have a chance
to ask him, though. They all piled into Craig’s truck and
headed back up the road in the same direction they had
come from. Craig stopped so far from the grizzly and her
two cubs, they could barely see them.
“This is a safe distance from the sow and cubs,” he said.
“We’ll go up that hill. I’d like a shot in the tundra,”
Shoop said, pointing to the opposite side of the road.
“Toni, keep the shotgun aimed. I want some covert
audio.”
Buck looked at Toni. “What’s he talking about?”
Toni didn’t answer. She put on the earphones but didn’t
seem to be aiming the shotgun mic at anything. It just
sat cradled in her arms with its end sticking out sideways
between her and Buck as everyone crossed the road.
“The tundra is so springy!” Buck said as soon as he
stepped from the road. “Just like a trampoline!” He went
from one rounded tuft of plants to another, bouncing
