My first morning in the caldera and the rest of the team is asleep. So what did I decide to do? Go hiking. The sun was just coming up and there were rolling fields of tundra waiting to be explored. I climbed to the highest hill and sat down to observe the world around me. The peaks of the mountains around the caldera had snow on them and were glistening in the morning sunlight. Glaciers with thier beautiful blue ice lined one wall. I got up to see what was over the next hill and that's when I saw them. Five caribou lying in the grass in a valley. They weren't exactly beautiful. They looked kind of scuffy. When they saw me they stood up and all thier heads turned to face me. Animals in Aniakchak hardly see people so they weren't sure what to make of me. One of them came running my direction then stopped. They were amazing to watch. After we stared at each other for a few minutes they turned and walked over the next hill. I guess I wasn't very interesting to them.