Sysselmannen pa Svalbard is translates as "Governor of Svalbard".
Posted on 01/02/2024 4:04:32 AM PST by marktwain
Sysselmannen pa Svalbard is translates as "Governor of Svalbard".
A good revolver used by competent hands.
Well get the job done.
Looks like they got nice rug out of the ordeal.
Fish in a barrel? More like shootin’ bears in a window.
One dead polar bear and two people with permanent tinnitus.
“The couple, a man and a woman”
…finally. Some sanity
There are two kinds of bears that stalk their prey. Black bears and polar bears.
The rest of the bear community are opportunistic feeders and do not stalk their prey but... they will defend their territory.
I was up way up North Alaska working on antenna systems with a team of contractor’s back in the late 90s and we were out in the field, with protection services provided and one of the protection services personnel glassed a polar bear about a thousand yards out or so (don’t ask me how) and immediately advised us to get packed up and “let’s get back into the transportation.” I asked why and was told that a polar bear had “sniffed us” and we were now the subject of his dinner. They were concerned. We were too. We went back to that site a week later (a precautionary amount of time) to finish up the job before the weather changed. It was weird being part of the food chain and we were certainly not sourdoughs. Although we were most certainly Hyderized by the time we left the state.
My head is still moving up and down after reading that 1st paragraph.🤪 (trying to visualize the locations.)
That’s a freaking BIG BEAR !!!!
And that window looks kinda small ?
Like something out of a horror movie…
Except much worse because it’s real.
LOL, great point!
And HNY Dean, love your posts.
Here is an article about fatal attacks where bear spray was used. Of the nine people killed, 7 were predatory attacks. Of the seven, 4 were grizzly/brown bears for certain, one was probably a grizzly (not certain), and 2 were black bears.
Biased to an extent because many more people carry bear spray for protection against grizzly/brown bears than against black bears.
White Bears Matter
Warning shots? Wasting ammo.
From your story and provided link, it appears that there is no firearms ownership in Norway. That one must rent a firearm from a approved dealer.
Bears repeating
Svalbard is under a treaty from 1920, which has Norway administering the Svalbard Archipelago, with guaranteed rights of access to Denmark, France, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, the UK (includes Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, India) and the United States.
Svalbard follows Norwegian law for firearms permits otherwise.
You mean Polar Bears don’t come up and give you a hug, like in that Nissan Leaf commercial?
"Feels like that woman's wedding ring is coming out now!"
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