January 2, 2012

Monday Geology Picture: Bear Tracks in the Snow

Posted by Evelyn Mervine

Bear track, with a Rite-in-the-Rain Geological Field Notebook for Scale, Montana, Fall 2005.

Bear track, with a Rite-in-the-Rain Geological Field Notebook for Scale, Montana, Fall 2005.

Often, geology fieldwork can be a little bit dangerous. During some undergraduate field mapping in Montana, my classmates and I encountered some bear tracks in the snow. The above picture shows one of those bear tracks with a geological field notebook for scale. For the rest of the day, we kept a careful watch out for bears and tried not to stray too far from the field vans.