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Samara Cary at Nov 08, 2023 03:00 PM

stefansson-wrangel-09-13-038-003

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occasion the Wrangell Island party secured several tons of fresh [meat]
by hunting but left it a few miles from their camp unprotected. Several
days (or perhaps weeks) later when they went to haul it home they found it
had been eaten up by bears and foxes. Since polar bears sometimes go
almost in flocks (we have seen 25 together) it is obvious that even a whole
year’s supply of meat for four or five men and five or six dogs could be
eaten up by polar bears in a week.

stefansson-wrangel-09-13-038-003

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occasion the Wrangell Island party secured several tons of fresh meat
by hunting but left it a few miles from their camp unprotected. Several
days (or perhaps weeks) later when they went to haul it home they round it
had been eaten up by bears and foxes. Since polar bears sometimes go
almost in flocks (we have seen 25 together) it is obvious that even a whole
year’s supply of meat for four or five men and five or six dogs could be
eaten up by polar bears in a week.