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KamaAina

(78,249 posts) Sat Sep 17, 2016, 03:47 PM Sep 2016

When an Inuit Spotted This Polar Bear Struggling for its Life, Locals Rushed to Try and Save it

http://scribol.com/environment/animals-environment/polar-bear-caught-net-alaska-inuit-saved/

An Inuit guide was taking a routine sightseeing excursion off the northern coast of Alaska when he saw something, quite simply, incredible in the water. Yes, the tourist boat had happened upon a polar bear that was struggling to stay afloat. And the unusual sight compelled the locals to attempt to rescue the majestic beast before it was too late.

The tour was taking place near the town of Kaktovik. Hardly a bustling metropolis, the Inuit city – home to some 300 people – is a harsh, unforgiving place where daily life is tough.

Here, the Inuits are known as the Iñupiat. There are around 13,500 of them, and their vast territory traditionally spans from the Bering Sea right up to the border between the United States and Canada.

Pity Faux doesn't have an Inupiat channel like they have Fox Latino. I'd love to hear them try explain that climate change is a myth to people who are living it!

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When an Inuit Spotted This Polar Bear Struggling for its Life, Locals Rushed to Try and Save it (Original Post) KamaAina Sep 2016 OP

Not just the Inupiat, but people all over Alaska Warpy Sep 2016 #1

So did they save it? malaise Sep 2016 #2

It appears this happened a year ago last September and yes!! bettyellen Sep 2016 #3

Thanks malaise Sep 2016 #4

Page 7 says they saved the bear AnotherDreamWeaver Sep 2016 #5

OK let me try again malaise Sep 2016 #6

Warpy

(111,267 posts)

1. Not just the Inupiat, but people all over Alaska

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Sat Sep 17, 2016, 03:51 PM

Sep 2016

The coasts are seeing sea levels rise, coastal villages are endangered, and in the interior the melting permafrost is starting to damage houses as they begin to settle unevenly. People up in the highest latitudes have been bearing the brunt of climate change. It's only starting to affect the lower latitudes.

malaise

(269,022 posts)

2. So did they save it?

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Sat Sep 17, 2016, 04:41 PM

Sep 2016

Looks so but there's nothing saying that.

bettyellen

(47,209 posts)

3. It appears this happened a year ago last September and yes!!

Reply to malaise (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 17, 2016, 05:26 PM

Sep 2016

It was tangled in nets and the town rushed to keep him afloat as he was tranquilized and brought to shore after cutting him free. Apparently a lot of bears visit the town every September and it's a bit of a tourist thing.