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  1. Brian Jeffrey says:

    Rheal:
    Thank you for your service. I’ve always felt that our government treats the military extremely shabbily and I always pause during my weekly tours at the Diefenbunker, Canada’s Cold War Museum, to say a word of thanks for people like yourself for your service.
    Brian J.

  2. Rheal Giroux says:

    I spent 28 years in Canadian military (1988-2016). Did Afghanistan combat missions three times, have 141 army para jumps, also deployed to Bosnia and Haiti… ended up as an army aviation senior intel analyst. Had a great time. Did two Ranger patrols in NWT; Tuktoyaktuk and Paulatuk (2003)… All I can say is that 60 years ago people were insane. Wild animals are called wild for a good reason and interactions with humans is a death sentence for the bear.

  3. Brian Jeffrey says:

    Tim:
    The short answer is “No”. If the bear decided to go for the guy, the guy would be gone, as in gone-gone. By 1960, when I first arrived on the line, the policy was to kill any polar bears who wandered on-site as a safety precaution. The last thing anyone wanted was to run into a polar bear on the way to read the thermometers in the Stevenson Screen in the dark of the long winter night. I watched one such hunt at FOX-1 around 1962. Only the Eskimos (as there referred to back then) had weapons and were authorized to kill the bears.
    Brian J.

  4. Tim V says:

    Holy cow, can that guy on the right get away if he needs to?

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