The Year-Long Day: One Man’s Arctic by A.E. Maxwell & Ivar Ruud ~ Dangerous Polar Bears

AmmoLand ^ | December 28, 2024 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

At lest four polar bears were shot in self defense, by the one trapper, in the one year.

[Bob434]

cant even imagine camping out in polar bear country- we see stories about Eskimos having their igloos torn apart and killed by the bears fairly often- (though not so much anymore). For that matter- can’t imagine camping out in cougar territory either, or grizzly country- either.

[redfreedom]

We’ve camped in areas of Wyoming where there are grizzlies. The Forest Service requires hard shell campers/RV’s. That is, no tents.

We were going to camp in one of those places once and a section of that campground was closed off. The reason was a mommy and a couple of cubs were roaming in that area.

A person would need some heavy duty fire power in case a bear decided to open up a camper like a sardine can.

There’s a real life (not one of those fake reality shows) show called “The Last Alaskans”. It chronicles the everyday lives of real people living in the Alaskan wilderness. They are basically hunters and trappers living in log homes they built with materials on site. Bears are a major problem for them.

[no-s]

> “with gunfire from polar bears”

Armed polar bears are truly horrifying to contemplate. Wonder who’s selling guns to the polar bears?

[Southside_Chicago_Republican]

Bookmark

[Chainmail]

Note that the price of the book has gone WAY up - $365 on Amazon?

[marktwain]

Look for it on ABEbooks.

I see copies their for as low as $15 + $19 shipping, from the UK.

[Sequoyah101]

It is truly a fearful thing to contemplate for the bear obsessed. An armed polar bear with a gun. Oh my! Just think of it. A polar bear with a high capacity magazine gun.

When guns are outlawed only polar bears will have guns. It will allow them to expand their territory by extreme force.

Whatever will we do? I hope they stay on Svalbard.

[17th Miss Regt]

For that matter- can’t imagine camping out in cougar territory either

Stay out of the bars where cougars congregate, and you can mostly avoid that problem.

[Chainmail]

Thanks MT!

[caver]

It is now $685 on Amazon.

[Chainmail]

I just paid $60 for a copy on e-bay…

[Bob434]

LOL= noted!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

AE Maxwell? Now there is a name I have not heard in a long time. I think their last book was in the late nineties.

Their Sci-Fi was different, their crime novels were interesting but I think I liked their novels the best because they did a lot of research into what ever subject they were covering.

[marktwain]

AE Maxwell partnered with Rudd to write the book and market it.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Yes, I can see that. His name is on the book cover along with theirs.

[marktwain]

AE Maxwell is a pen-name for a married pair of writers.

They partnered with Rudd, in the sense they helped him write the book in a way which was more marketable. They used his diaries for the base.

English was a second language to him.

So, a bit more than ghost writers, I would say.

It turned out well.

[caver]

Sounds like you got a good deal!

[caver]

Just looked on AbeBooks, hard cover for $40 plus $5 shipping.
I have bought several old books from AbeBooks, always a good deal.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Yes, I know. Which is why I refer to AE Maxwell as "they". :)

And yes, they are more then ghost writers.

Even their series romance books (under Elizabeth Lowell) are quite well researched. Refreshingly so.

It will be interesting to read this.