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An amazing story of survival, just before WWI.
1 posted on 09/21/2023 5:17:44 AM PDT by marktwain
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>”The bear was very cautious. It almost escaped from the two men armed with rifles.”

Wow, nothing scarier than a dual-rifle wielding bear.


2 posted on 09/21/2023 5:49:04 AM PDT by struggle
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As a child, I read “Andree’s Story”; the doomed attempt to cross the pole in a balloon based on the diary and photographs found at their last camp site. They almost made it.


3 posted on 09/21/2023 12:14:21 PM PDT by Hiddigeigei ("Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish," said Dionysus - Euripides)
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