The high alpine meadows and tundra of Kluane National Park Reserve support a roll call of northern wildlife unsurpassed in grandeur and diversity. Perhaps a hundred black bears live in the forests, giving way in encounters to the more than 250 grizzlies that roam—and rule—the Kluane backcountry.

(Text adapted from and photograph shot on assignment for, but not published in "Kluane: Canada’s Icy Wilderness Park," November 1985, National Geographic magazine)