Teen Stranded on Ice Floe with Polar Bears Rescued

Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 07:51 AM | Remaindered Links
Tags: Canada, Ice Floe, Inuit, Polar Bears

A Canadian teenager has been rescued from an ice floe drifting in the Arctic sea, where he was reportedly stranded with two polar bears. Search and rescue teams parachuted onto the 15m (40ft) floe after spotting the 17-year-old Inuit youth from the air. They told the BBC he appeared to have shot and killed a mother polar bear in self-defence, orphaning her two cubs.

Wow.

2 Comments for Teen Stranded on Ice Floe with Polar Bears Rescued

1

So, he was hunting, then this. He kills the mother bear protecting her young, and they rescue him and leave the orphaned baby bears? Good going Canada.

kassandra on November 10, 2009 at 10:03 am
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It was not self defense. It was murder. Even if he was not hunting he had no business being there. If the Inuit have no self imposed limits then I dismiss their claims to the right of cultural excuses.

Kristine on November 10, 2009 at 10:07 am