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jpak

(41,757 posts)
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 07:46 PM Jan 2019

Russian nuclear submarine jumped on by hungry polar bear

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1071530/russian-submarine-polar-bear-rubbish-artic-food

The sub was put into lockdown while crew waited for the 65st bear to lose interest in the vessel. The Delta IV class sub is believed to have been patrolling north of the Norwegian islands of Svalbard and Jan Mayen when it surfaced through thick ice to dump bags of rubbish. Its crew had no idea that they had been spotted by a polar bear which pawed its way on to the sub's casing deck as it searched for more bags of rubbish, while the vessel's 120 sailors were ordered to remain below decks.

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Bear meets Bear

Bear wins

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Russian nuclear submarine jumped on by hungry polar bear (Original Post) jpak Jan 2019 OP
Polar bear more patriotic American Corgigal Jan 2019 #1
Um, 65 *stone* ? eppur_se_muova Jan 2019 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Tech Jan 2019 #3
Down the gullet of an opportunistic polar bear. Why do you ask? jmowreader Jan 2019 #5
Seriously, is that common practice for submarines and ships to dump their trash in the ocean? Fla Dem Jan 2019 #4

Response to jpak (Original post)

Fla Dem

(23,632 posts)
4. Seriously, is that common practice for submarines and ships to dump their trash in the ocean?
Mon Jan 21, 2019, 01:39 PM
Jan 2019

That's pretty disgusting. No wonder our oceans are full of trash.

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