Posted on 02/16/2022 3:10:06 AM PST by marktwain
U.S.A. –-(AmmoLand.com)- The first recorded fatal polar bear attack in the United States happened in 1885, near Cape Thompson, Alaska. It was unlikely to have happened any earlier because there weren’t any polar bears in United States territory until the USA acquired Alaska from Russia, which was formally transferred to the USA on October 18, 1867.
There were probably many fatal polar bear attacks before then, but they happened to stone-age people without the ability to record them or publish them. There is not much overlap between the habitat of people living in the far North of Alaska and polar bears. With the advent of recorded records brought about by Europeans, there also came more advanced weapons, which made defense against polar bears simpler and easier.
The first fatal polar bear attack recorded in the USA occurred after both the ability to record and modern cartridge firearms were introduced to Alaska. Even then, it went unnoticed by researchers for many decades.
It was brought to my attention by bear researcher Tom Smith of Brigham Young University in August of 2021. The account was recorded in a famous book of Arctic exploration and survival published in 1942. Titled “50 Years Below Zero”, by Charles D. Brower, 1942/1960, it is 342 pages and embedded below for your reading pleasure.
In July of 1884, Charles D. Brower arrived about 300 miles North of Nome (Corwin’s Bluff). He was 21 years old. Brower kept a regular diary, which was used to write his autobiography. Brower had already spent seven years at sea, working on sailing ships and early steamships. He decided to overwinter at Corwin’s Bluff, with three other men, one of which was accompanied by his wife, in a house they and
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damn Polar bears flaunting their white priviledge
Like the black looters just stealing baby formula for their babies the polar bears are just looking for food due to climate change. This may not go over well due to their whiteness
Many folks don't know that a Polar bear's skin is black. Just wearing a white coat.
There was an audio recording of a grizzly attack on the Grizzly Man and his girlfriend at their camp. I wish I hadn’t listened to it. I’ve never forgotten it. The best killed the girlfriend first and then him. The audio was of him yelling at the bear. The silence following the ordeal was haunting. Late 1990s, early 2000s?
I would probably die of a heart attack before the bear could kill me.
I would have to look for it if you want it.
Tim said he would be proud to be bear scat... too bad he dragged his girlfriend into it.
Reality has a way of... well... being real.
Timothy Treadwell ... what a dope.
Well, Alaska wasn’t in the United States in 1867, so there weren’t any polar bears in the U.S. then, either.
Except maybe in a menagerie somewhere.
I think it was 2004. It was Timothy Treadwell. He was illegally staying in a known grizzly area and the rangers had tried to kick him out several times.
He was not mentally well and went down hill humanizing bears. That’s a big mistake people make with all kinds of animals - trying to evoke human emotions and behaviors when I’m in fact, they are not humans.
Apparently his girlfriend was scared to death to be with him and if I remember had begged to leave.
I remember seeing a documentary about another crazy man, a teacher from the northwest, who had a cabin in Alaska and would go spend the entire summer alone letting bears wander through his property and his home. These were grizzlies. He thought only “he” could communicate with the bears. He had a “specia” connection with him. He spent more time with the bears during the summer than his own family.
Un-possible. Al Gore told me all the polar bears went extinct.
PING
...or a green coat, for the zoo bears that apparently have algae growing in their hair...
Polar bears are essentially Grizzly bears with white fur.
Always hike with someone you can outrun.
Change, adaptation...........evolution
Which came first? The white ones or the brown ones?
Bkmk
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