Monday, February 27, 2023

Happy International Polar Bear Day

 

photos from ABC News

As the new Seawolf-class submarine USS Connecticut surfaced in the ice pack between the North Pole and Alaska on April 27, 2003, a polar bear chomped on its rudder. ~ USNI

(Seawolf-class submarines are 350 by 40 by 35 feet and carry a crew of 130.  Punching above your weight class, buddy).

4 comments:

  1. Poor bear. Probably though s/he caught a whale.

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  3. Can you imagine the sailor telling the Captain about the bear on deck?

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  4. Not to mention can you you imagine how they entered that into the ship's log?

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