The plants are not mine. It's nice when yet another use is found for science. For several years now we've known that thanks to DNA it can be determined with virtual certainty whether people convicted of certain kinds of crimes are in fact guilty of those crimes. As a result, a number of people have been freed from death row after years of expecting to be executed for murders they didn't commit. Clouds hang over the snow-crusted tundra.
Sea ice stretches out of sight to the north.
Imagine it, because if you are like 99.99 percent of Americans, you will never see this place yourself. Imagine it, because if you don't, then others will do so for you. The hood of Karl Brower's parka is trimmed with the nut-brown pelt of a wolverine. He trapped and skinned it. Its yellow claws cradle his chin and rattle in the bitter wind.