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