At 07:46 PM 8/8/00 -0800, Rev. Bob Carter wrote: >For those of you planning to paddle in Prince Willian Sound here in Alaska, >recently a polar bear was sighted near Whitter. This is hundreds and hundreds >of miles south of their normal territory. Sounds like an almost certain sign of global warming to me. I am going to have add that one to my list of the dangers kayakers face from global warming. Do you know of a URL that points to a news story on this event? >Polar bears can swim up to seven >knots per hour so practice your sprints! > > >Bob > > >Sitka Kevin Whilden Your Planet Earth http://www.yourplanetearth.org (206) 788-0281 (ph) (206) 788-0284 (f) *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Aug 08 2000 - 21:17:21 PDT
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