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. Polar bears can swim up to seven knots per hour so practice your sprints! Bob Sitka *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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/ ***************************************************************************
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