At 01:22 PM 10/30/2003 -0800, Warner Family wrote: .....The Inuit travelled all over the Arctic without guns prior to Europeans showing up. I guess they didn't know what they where doing. Well, they traveled in numbers. No documented bear attacks on parties greater then 5... seems I read that somewhere. And they traveled with dogs which would usually chase done a bear if it crossed paths or bark a lot if one showed up at night. My concern is that this is dry land where polar bears are said to be in "walking hibernation" so they might be quite hungry and curious especially with a party of one or maybe two. >....Take a bear banger and have a good time. > >Gordin Do bear bangers work with polar bears? I have read and heard that polar bears are very used to loud noises because the ice pack makes very loud noises at times. What about bear spray on polar bears? -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Dziobak Mich Tech Univ. Civil & Environmental Engineering 1400 Townsend Dr. Houghton, MI 49931 906-487-3471 Fax: 906-487-2943 *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Oct 31 2003 - 05:47:24 PST
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