[marktwain]

A revolver, fired at close range, stopped the hungry polar bear from getting at the two humans in the cabin.

[marktwain]

Sysselmannen pa Svalbard is translates as "Governor of Svalbard".

[Flag_This]

Fish in a barrel? More like shootin’ bears in a window.

[Yo-Yo]

The most common revolver caliber used for bear protection in Svalbard is the .44 Magnum. .44 Magnum revolvers normally have five or six chambers in their cylinders. Firing five full-power .44 Magnum cartridges inside a small cabin will likely cause measurable hearing damage.

One dead polar bear and two people with permanent tinnitus.

[albie]

“The couple, a man and a woman”

…finally. Some sanity

[Clutch Martin]

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.

[mabarker1]

My head is still moving up and down after reading that 1st paragraph.🤪 (trying to visualize the locations.)

[montag813]

White Bears Matter

[P8riot]

Warning shots? Wasting ammo.

[Deaf Smith]

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.

[dfwgator]

You mean Polar Bears don’t come up and give you a hug, like in that Nissan Leaf commercial?

[TangoLimaSierra]

Glad they made it, but I would not have used 4 of my 5 or 6 shots as a warning.

[SJackson]

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