Whooping Crane Fieldwork, Wood Buffalo National Park of Canada
Images from the first helicopter flight around WBNP for the AMASS project’s aerial images of endangered Whooping Cranes.
![Hay River - Dr Bondar flashes the Rosette logo of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society [RCGS]](https://therobertabondarfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/1-RCGS-Rosette.jpg)
![The Foundation Chair Patterson buckles up](https://therobertabondarfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/2-Prof-Patterson.jpg)
![Up to the door + ready to launch](https://therobertabondarfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/3-Ready-to-launch.jpg)
![Yesss! On Board](https://therobertabondarfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/4-On-Board.jpg)
![Final camera check as heli pilot Sarah Blancher counts down](https://therobertabondarfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/5-Final-check.jpg)
![Heli pilot Sarah Blancher supervises the refueling](https://therobertabondarfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/6-Pilot-refuel.jpg)
![Dr Bondar with Jean Morin at refuelling depot](https://therobertabondarfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/7-RLB-Jean.jpg)
![Dr Bondar at work in the air](https://therobertabondarfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/8-At-Work.jpg)
![Fort Smith traffic sign in Cree, Chipewyan (Na-Dené), English, and French](https://therobertabondarfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/10-STOP.jpg)
![Welcome to Traditional Territory of Salt River First Nation Banners at 4 corners in Fort Smith](https://therobertabondarfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/12-FN-Welcome.jpg)
![The salt plains of WBNP](https://therobertabondarfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/9-Salt-Plains.jpg)
![Roberta chats with (L-R) John Conklin, Wildlife Technician, Canadian Wildlife Service [CWS], and pilots, Sarah and Felix, at Fort Smith airport](https://therobertabondarfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/11-3-pilots.jpg)
![A winding dried-up stream bed with salt on its surface because of evaporation of water from the salty wetland](https://therobertabondarfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/13-Salt-R.jpg)
![WBNP Wetlands](https://therobertabondarfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/14-Salt-Flats.jpg)
![The Foundation displays RCGS support in searching for Whooping Cranes with CWS and Parks Canada](https://therobertabondarfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/15-Salt-Flats-RCGS.jpg)
Images from the first helicopter flight around WBNP for the AMASS project’s aerial images of endangered Whooping Cranes.