Description: A lifelong hunter, J.Y. Jones had harvested many animals, including an honest ten-foot brown bear. But the polar bear eluded him, primarily because the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA), in addition to protecting the Alaskan polar bear from overhunting, also prohibited hunters from the United States from participating in legitimate and well monitored hunting in other localities. Convinced that such policies and restrictions were misguided and damaging, Jones embarked on a six-year odyssey to prove his point to government officials. This is the story of the obstacles, the bureaucracy, and the problems he encountered on his quest, ever buoyed by his motto, "Act as if it were impossible to fail."

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