I'd be shitting my pants. Over and over.

[sangria]

You go to a remote area of the Arctic and bring nothing for defense?

k. 


www.cnn.com/2015/09/02/europe/russia-polar-bears/index.html

[pixy0stix]

Well they don't want to kill them because they're monitoring them. It was rather short sighted to not bring any means to scare them away with, though.

[ttt]

That was exceptionally poor planning.

[sangria]

Sept 2, 2015 15:35:26 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Well they don't want to kill them because they're monitoring them. It was rather short sighted to not bring any means to scare them away with, though.

Well that's what I mean. I wasn't thinking guns, but how about some bear spray? I mean something!

[aurora]

Sept 2, 2015 15:35:26 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Well they don't want to kill them because they're monitoring them. It was rather short sighted to not bring any means to scare them away with, though.

Aren't they monitoring the weather/climate in a place that just happens to be polar bear territory?

Either way I get why they wouldn't want to kill the bears, but man I'd be scared.

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Sept 2, 2015 15:42:21 GMT -5 aurora said:

Sept 2, 2015 15:35:26 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Well they don't want to kill them because they're monitoring them. It was rather short sighted to not bring any means to scare them away with, though.

Aren't they monitoring the weather/climate in a place that just happens to be polar bear territory?

Either way I get why they wouldn't want to kill the bears, but man I'd be scared.

Yeah, they're meteorologists, not polar bear researchers.

One of my coworkers spent some time in polar bear country. They didn't send any groups anywhere without a high powered rifle. 

[aurora]

Sept 2, 2015 15:48:10 GMT -5 @tokenhoser said:

Sept 2, 2015 15:42:21 GMT -5 aurora said:

Aren't they monitoring the weather/climate in a place that just happens to be polar bear territory?

Either way I get why they wouldn't want to kill the bears, but man I'd be scared.

Yeah, they're meteorologists, not polar bear researchers.

One of my coworkers spent some time in polar bear country. They didn't send any groups anywhere without a high powered rifle. 

Heck, when I had a job that helicoptered me into grizzly territory far from road access we were provided guns and taught how to use them on work time. And grizzlies are way less scary than polar bears.

[sangria]

Polar bears are terrifying.

[sangria]

I retract my statement- they should have guns just in case.What if they finally decide to attack? That house has a 3 little pigs look to it- I feel like a few leans from Mr. hungry polar bear and that door is coming down. Although the windows are nice and small.

[miniroller]

Sept 2, 2015 16:41:58 GMT -5 @littlemoxie said:

That place looks really warm for a polar bear. It makes me sad.

I KNOW
Were the meteorologists going to asses the situation of how much we humans are destroying their home? (Cough, only to have any environmental efforts shot down by Congress, cough)