Canadian teenager survives three days on ice floe with two polar bears
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/10/canada-teenager-alive-on-ice
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/10/canada-teenager-alive-on-ice
A Canadian teenager has been rescued unharmed, apart from minor frostbite, after drifting for almost three days on an ice floe together with two polar bear cubs and the carcass of their mother which he shot in self defence.Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/10/canada-teenager-alive-on-ice
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http://www.independent.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00260/floe_260682b.jpg
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benson5
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What were they out hunting?
- 3 years ago
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benson5
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cabinettags
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The kid did good. Impressive. Kept his head. Great ending for an incident that could of been one heck of a lot worse. He's a credit to his training. A lot of folks would have freaked - and died.
No doubt the govt will pick up the cubs. They probably end up in a zoo somewhere. I doubt they leave them on the floe. Sure death with mom gone that way and efforts are being made to preserve the species these days.
Happy ending for a change. Except for mom, of course.
- 3 years ago
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cabinettags
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idealist
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thats a pretty hard core story!
- 3 years ago
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idealist
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24French
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What the meep?!? He's lucky to be alive.
- 3 years ago
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24French
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dragon1984
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Well, at least he didn't starve
- 3 years ago
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dragon1984
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sophosthegreat
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Thats ridiculous! Some tough teens in Canada
- 3 years ago
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sophosthegreat
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CalPal
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sophosthegreat:
pfft, that's nothing... you should try living through three months of winter up here.
:P
- 3 years ago
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CalPal
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royulery
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too bad about the cubs, even if they're weaned they have little chance.
- 3 years ago
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royulery
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richjm
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If I was him, I'd have hollowed the polar bear out and kept warm inside it, like Luke when his tauntaun died. No idea what I'd do with the baby cubs but presumably they'd be too preoccupied by their mother's guts to attack.
http://www.theswca.com/images-toys/figuretoys/tauntaunopenbelly-front.jpg
- 3 years ago
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richjm
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dmass5
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richjm:
i actually lol'd
- 3 years ago
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dmass5
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JulianCommongold
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richjm:
I would make snowshoes out of the baby's......................
- 3 years ago
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JulianCommongold
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Cubejam
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now that's something to tell your mates if you were him eh?!
- 3 years ago
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Cubejam
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benson5
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What about the little polar bear cubs left behind, what happens to them now?
- 3 years ago
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benson5
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FishaHouse777
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Damn that's intense....
- 3 years ago
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FishaHouse777
