Icelandic "Iceman" grabs shark to save men -

Reuters ^ | October 23, 2003

[UnklGene]

Icelandic "Iceman" grabs shark to save men -

Thu 23 October, 2003 16:37 BST

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - An Icelandic fishing captain, known as "the Iceman" for his tough character, grabbed a 300 kg (660 lb) shark with his bare hands as it swam in shallow water towards his crew, according to a witness.

The skipper of the trawler "Erik the Red" was on a beach in Kuummiit, east Greenland, watching his crew processing a catch when he saw the shark swimming towards the fish blood and guts -- and his men.

Captain Sigurdur Petursson, known to locals as "the Iceman", ran into the shallow water and grabbed the shark by its tail. He dragged it off to dry land and killed it with his knife.

"He caught it just with his hands. There was a lot of blood in the sea and the shark came in and he thought it was dangerous," Frede Kilime, a hunter and fisherman who watched from the beach, told Reuters by phone from Greenland on Thursday.

Icelandic author and journalist Reynir Traustason, who knows the trawler captain, said the act was typical of the man.

"He's called 'the Iceman' because he isn't scared of anything," he said. "I know the people in that part of the world. They are really tough."

[NautiNurse]

I'll bet he's never eaten quiche or petit fours.

[Hazzardgate]

ping

[Lee Heggy]

"He's called 'the Iceman' because he isn't scared of anything," he said. "I know the people in that part of the world. They are really tough."

I'll bet his wife gives him a start now and again.

[LibWhacker]

Wow, a tough guy who acted bravely to save the lives of other men. PETA's gonna be pi**ed.

[rapture-me]

"He's called 'the Iceman' because he isn't scared of anything," he said. "I know the people in that part of the world. They are really tough."

Here in the states we know him as President Bush.

[KantianBurke]

[Tacis]

I couldn't help but think how the media would have changed the perspective of this article had the fishing captain been a known Republican. They would have accused him of groping the poor fishey and then molesting a creature known to be an endangered species. Well, let's see what CNN does with this.

[Tijeras_Slim]

This guy's worth 15 metrosexuals and a half dozen chainsaws for good measure.

[Snuffington]

I'll bet he's never eaten quiche or petit fours.

I'll bet if he did, no one would make a joke about it to his face.

[stainlessbanner]

The Iceman is one tough guy. He would make a good wrestling persona.

[ElkGroveDan]

I bet he'd be scared by, "Turn your head and cough, sweet cheeks."

[StatesEnemy]

When I was a kid, my gramp had a boat on Cape Cod and we'd spend the summers catching flounder and blues.

Well one day we were off the tip of Monomoy Island, and we could see this guy on another boat, close to shore, waiving us over... He had cornered a 10ft blue shark between a sandbar and his boat - but needed us to close the last gap.

After we got in place, this crazy mofo jumped in the water with a bowie knife, straddled the beast and proceeded to slash it's neck!

Completely surreal.

[mattdono]

This guy is probably never without a seat, because with balls that big, who needs a Lazy-Boy?

[Hatteras]

You know that was the time I was most frightened? Waitin' for my turn. I'll never put on a lifejacket again...

[socal_parrot]

The Iceman is one tough guy. He would make a good wrestling persona.

And a fine pilot too..

[PoorMuttly]

The world is full of heroes.

We just don't hear about them much, because they don't brag about it...and present media management would rather we only hear whining and worrying...so they can hold our crying towel, and spend our money.

To hell with that noise.

[rolling_stone]

Sounds like a long lost cousin of Crocodile Dundee, when will the movie & car ads come out?

[OXENinFLA]

Is that from the MR. SLAVE episode?