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The plane that came to take them home

Timothy Treadwell had spent thirteen summers filming Alaska’s brown bears. When a pilot arrived to take him and Amie Huguenard home, a bear was still in their camp.

Timothy Treadwell and Amie HuguenardOctober 2003Katmai National Park, Alaska4 min read
A brown bear at Brooks Falls, elsewhere in Katmai National Park (illustrative photograph, 1994)
A brown bear at Brooks Falls, elsewhere in Katmai National Park (illustrative photograph, 1994). Aconcagua. Image source and rights. CC BY-SA 3.0. Display may be cropped to fit.
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