> to take a gun as protection against a possible polar bear attack. A few Let me explain this way: On Svalbard Archipelago (so called spitsbergen), between greenland and Franz Josef Land, EVERY group or person leaving the habiat areas, ALWAYS carry a huge caliber riflle. There is a policy for all Outdoor-Travellers do take guns with them. Svalbard ist Polar Bears Land and Polar Bars are on the top of the food pyramid. For them, a human is only food, mayb interesting but nothing more. But better is, not to let the bears come near your tnet or what else. Take some loud exploding stuff to scare the bears. Don4t try to run away, they4re faster. Learn to imitate a bear, b huge, don4t scared, loud and if nothing works, make sure you4re good with the rifle, you wouldn4t get a second chance. There so many stories about contacts with polar bears. Everything had happened yet. All the best *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Oct 30 2003 - 09:52:46 PST
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