Shots of BEAR motorboat being launched at Waterways, Alberta. HAMS of skippers Captain "I'm Alone" Randall and Major Barney Day aboard the BEAR. Shots of Hudson's Bay paddleboat at dock side and of Athabasca River. Sequence showing loading of the BEAR, including PAN along piles of supplies on dock and departure from Waterway to Fort McMurray and Echo Bay. Shots of men waving from boat's deck. [titles interspersed]