Canadian F-18s were equipped with a folding stock short barrel Ruger M-77 iron sight bolt rifle in 30-06. If a plane goes down up there far north, every polar bear within 20 miles notices and just starts walking towards the site. It’s a race between rescue helicopters, and a polar bear patiently walking towards his prey.
Another charming polar bear behavior is if they find a hole in the ice, they just lay there and patiently wait, knowing that eventually something will pop up out of that hole. They do the same thing with scientific sites. They are absolutely certain that they are full of people, and occasionally people come out. They will wait as long as it takes for that moment. It’s pretty terrifying.
(folding stock short barrel Ruger M-77 iron sight bolt rifle in 30-06.)
Well I guess there it is.