Does any true wilderness still exist on this earth? The central question of The Savage Landscape is whether any true ‘wilderness’ still exists on this earth. Wilderness in scare quotes because, Cal Flyn reflects, the term is defined by human absence, but is largely contingent on human action. Even the deepest ocean bed is becoming subject to the cartographer, forever the precursor to the despoiler, Flyn points out. The Savage Landscape: How We Made the Wilderness by Cal Flyn.