Nakoolak of the North

mike65

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/10/canada-teenager-alive-on-ice

A Canadian teenager has been rescued, and apparently unharmed apart from minor frostbite, after drifting for almost three days on an ice floe together with two polar bear cubs and the carcass of their mother which he shot in self defence.

The 17-year-old, who was named locally as Jupi Nakoolak, was suffering from hypothermia after the temperature fell below -15C, but was otherwise well, conscious and speaking to his rescuers, who crawled across ice floes to reach him.

Nakoolak told them he shot the adult bear when it came too close, and then got as far away as possible on the ice from the cubs, which remained with the body.

Much better than that stupid kid in the balloon story.

Daroxtar

Thats the fukn shtyle of it. Fuk you Bear Grylls. This kid would eat you!

AckwelFoley

after drifting for almost three days on an ice floe together with two polar bear cubs and the carcass of their mother which he shot in self defence.

lol, that must have made for some awkward conversation..if the cubs were old enough to talk of course.. dooh

gurramok

So the 17yr old out hunting was rescued, what happened to the kids who lost their mother to the hunter?!

mike65

Eaten I imagine.

Tabnabs

Slippers?

RoadKillTs

Legend!

Cookie_Monster

Should've shot himself, saved the polar bear tbh

WindSock

omg, can't believe he shot a polar bear!!!!!!!!!!!! He should be sued.

pierrot

Liking the thread title btw, great documentary ref

mike65

pierrot wrote: »

Liking the thread title btw, great documentary ref

I'm glad someone got it

az2wp0sye65487

mike65 wrote: »

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/10/canada-teenager-alive-on-ice

Quote:
A Canadian teenager has been rescued, and apparently unharmed apart from minor frostbite, after drifting for almost three days on an ice floe together with two polar bear cubs and the carcass of their mother which he shot in self defence.

The 17-year-old, who was named locally as Jupi Nakoolak, was suffering from hypothermia after the temperature fell below -15C, but was otherwise well, conscious and speaking to his rescuers, who crawled across ice floes to reach him.

Nakoolak told them he shot the adult bear when it came too close, and then got as far away as possible on the ice from the cubs, which remained with the body.

Much better than that stupid kid in the balloon story.

He obviously wasn't using his loaf. He should've cut open the dead polar bear, eaten it's insides and then made a nice cosy nest inside it for himself & his 2 new furry friends to snuggle up in!

Food & Warmth!

:rolleyes: Amature

The_Minister

I hope the corpse was preserved enough that he could have it taxidermied. It would make an excellent conversation piece.

ScumLord

Nakoolak told them he shot the adult bear when it came too close, and then got as far away as possible on the ice from the cubs,

Didn't do a great job of putting distance between him and the cubs.

after drifting for almost three days on an ice floe together with two polar bear cubs and the carcass of their mother which he shot in self defence.

TouchingVirus

ScumLord wrote: »

Didn't do a great job of putting distance between him and the cubs.

They're most likely talking about a pretty small non-continent size piece of ice they were all floating on

ScumLord

TouchingVirus wrote: »

They're most likely talking about a pretty small non-continent size piece of ice they were all floating on

I'm imagining this piece of ice to be roughly 2 metres squared.

Menengroth™

Bristol Thoughtless Ball wrote: »

He obviously wasn't using his loaf. He should've cut open the dead polar bear, eaten it's insides and then made a nice cosy nest inside it for himself & his 2 new furry friends to snuggle up in!

Food & Warmth!

:rolleyes: Amature

think you've watched star wars one time too many

Riamfada

riddle me this. If you have one polar bear, two cubs and one child on one side of the river and you need to get them all to the other side of the river on an ice flow. You cannot put the child on the same flow as the mother or the mother will eat the child and you cannot put the child on the same flow as the cubs or it will kill the cubs. The ice flow can only take two at a time.

Kradock

Polar bears are an endangered species , 17 year olds with guns are plentiful . Should have shot himself.

What would have been really cool was if Mamma bear had ate him and the 2 cubs were found wearing his hat and scarf.

A Chritmas card with a difference right there.

TouchingVirus

Kradock wrote: »

Polar bears are an endangered species , 17 year olds with guns are plentiful . Should have shot himself.

With that way of thinking it won't be long until humans are an endangered species :rolleyes:

WindSock

Grimes wrote: »

riddle me this. If you have one polar bear, two cubs and one child on one side of the river and you need to get them all to the other side of the river on an ice flow. You cannot put the child on the same flow as the mother or the mother will eat the child and you cannot put the child on the same flow as the cubs or it will kill the cubs. The ice flow can only take two at a time.

Give the bear a dog and chickens to eat so it is too full to eat teh child.

antodeco

The ironic thing is that this started from a misunderstaning from his parents. The local shops had minimal supplies due to heavy ice, and Nakoolak's mother, Naniinte, wanted some chocolate. She declared at the end of the dinner "Id murder a penguin right now". Not wanting to disappoint his mother, Nakoolak went out, but could not find any penguins (what with being the other side of the world and all). So he murdered the closest thing he could find.

Riamfada

WindSock wrote: »

Give the bear a dog and chickens to eat so it is too full to eat teh child.

or as practical reality shows us. Shoot the mother fkucing bear!

kavoweb

Coca-cola are gonna be pissed ,and right before the busy season too...:rolleyes: I can see the newspaper headlines now....... coca-cola high rolla's to sue iconsiderate teen-inuit!!!!

az2wp0sye65487

Menengroth™ wrote: »

think you've watched star wars one time too many

On the contrary, I'm probably one of the few people who's never even seen one of those films