In Prof. Long's notes, Aaranya finds a reference to an 1899 report that describes the topography of the Teslin-Quiet Lake area. She's back on Canol road near Sidney Lake (south of Quiet Lake) that is a tributary of the Nisutlin river. She will be here for two weeks, traversing the same routes taken by Arthur Saint Cyr during his 1898 exploration of the Nisutlin and Big Salmon rivers.

As Canada switched from the Imperial to the Metric system in 1975, Aaranya is converting all the measurements indicated in Arthur's report before she heads out the following morning.

Scene 6 opens with a conversation between Prof. Abbott and Prof. Scamander at the Frazden school in Lapland. Hannah is concerned about Aaranya's field trip to this secluded part of the Yukon, but Prof. Scamander assures her that Aaranya is safe and happy to help.

You will hear your host give you some context throughout this episode, which includes an excerpt from Wolves of the Yukon by Bob Hayes.

Aaranya will howl - nothing new. You will also hear her read aloud quite a lot of this 1899 report because she is placing markers on her maps for her upcoming study.

References in this episode are as follows:

• Wolves of the Yukon by Bob Hayes (2010)


• Geology of Teslin-Quiet Lake area, Yukon (1936)


• Exploration of the country east of Teslin Lake (1899)


• The Yukon Connection (an episode from your host's other podcast - Arctic HOWLs)

Note: This podcast is a work of fiction, so everything herein is imaginary with some dangling facts. Aaranya is attempting to sing O Canada in French, and here's the YouTube video she used for practice.