Somedays, you get the bear…
May 21, 2003
…other days, the bear gets you.
During the ICEX 2003 naval exercises near the North Pole, the American submarine Connecticut (SSN 22) poked it’s sail and rudder through the ice. When an officer looked around outside via the periscope, he noted that his sub was being stalked by a hostile polar bear. The periscope cam was turned on, and these photos of a polar bear chewing on the subs rear rudder resulted. The damage was said to be minor….
(Link goes to photo of bear-enabled rudder)
(via Winds of Change)
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Chuck Lawson · Filed Under Media
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