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athelstan



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Well after 24hrs and seeing how popular this subject is, I Athelstan, have decided to gracefully retire from the catwalk and release only an "official" portrait for recognition purposes during my travels throughout the realm.



All previous images have been removed by royal proclamation (her Ladyship's) under pain of withdrawal of her "indulgences".
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Why is CG taking a BBQ for a walk? Shocked




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Me and the cat

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Post #79489 29th Oct 2010 9:11 am
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athelstan



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Andy - you are either one very brave - or - foolish chap. If you don't mind answering: where was that fine photograph taken and under what circumstances enabled you to be so close?

I was once privileged to be with a team of Canadian Arctic Rangers south east shoreline Hudson Bay rescuing a polar bear that was in danger of drowning in a tundra swamp. It was too exhausted to get itself out of its predicament so they drug darted it from the helicopters. Then we went down to attach a line to pull it out of the swamp. Its paws were 3x the size of my hands. The six of us next to this sleeping giant felt both honoured to be of assistance but in fear of the beast waking up and ripping our heads off. Needless to say the Rangers were fully armed - just in case.
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athelstan wrote:
Andy - you are either one very brave - or - foolish chap. If you don't mind answering: where was that fine photograph taken and under what circumstances enabled you to be so close?


I was in Thailand at a monastery where they took in 'status pets' from owners too stupid to realise the long term consequences of owning 'exotic' animals. This fella was raised in captivity and was well fed, but I did have to sign a disclaimer since a few people had been mauled to death there.
I was quite surprised to see his response to me scratching the back of his neck - much like any domestic cat would behave! Hence the expression on his face.
Not quite as adventurous as your story! I hope you have photos??


chicken george wrote:
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athelstan



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AndyT wrote:
Not quite as adventurous as your story! I hope you have photos??


Answer: Yes - it was back in '97.
Yes photographs were taken of the event in October'97 by a Canadian photographer who was commissioned by Canadian National Geographic to do a photo-story on the railway to Churchill (Hudson Bay) re its use in summer months to export vegetable crops from Canadian and USA farmers to European markets. The shipping route out of Churchill is the shortest sea route to Europe - frozen solid though for 7mths of the year (global warming has probably lengthened the "ice free" period now). Her work went into print around Q1 '98 if I remember correctly (and that should be in CNG's now online library). I'll not name her as we were seeing each other at the time.

I do have prints of the time we were together, and certainly that incident and the hand/paw comparison but finding them quickly would be beyond me - you should see the state of my study, but I'll have a go - he was a big fellow - and as one of the Ranger's said: "if you ever get this close again you'll probably not live to tell the tale".
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