[Paddlewise] Fw: kayaking with polar bears

Came across this posting on the Baidarka list and thought it might be of
interest to the bearly concerned ; )

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>*** Norwegians imperiled by polar bear
>
>OSLO, Norway (AP) - Two Norwegian adventurers spent 12
>days stranded
>on an arctic island because a hungry polar bear
>destroyed their two
>kayaks. Jens Abild and Simen Havig-Gjelseth set off in
>mid-June on a
>700-mile trek around Spitsbergen, the main island of
>Norway's far
>north Svalbard archipelago, the Nordlys newspaper
>reported Tuesday.
>After almost two months of paddling through the icy
>waters, they had
>less than 190 miles to go Aug. 9, when they were
>unloading supplies
>into a borrowed cabin and a huge polar bear caught
>scent of the dried
>food in their kayaks. The bear ripped the boats into
>tiny pieces to
>get at the free meal. On Saturday, a Norwegian coast
>guard helicopter
>spotted the two men waving frantically and arranged
>their rescue.
>Both were in good condition. See
>http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560855783-e2c


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