Teenage boy trapped on floating piece of ice with polar bears
… a pilot on a small plane chartered by a government search-and-rescue agency spotted the teen Sunday afternoon and also saw the carcass of a bear down below.
Mr Zebedee said the crew on board dropped a plastic container of chocolate bars and candy to the stranded boy.
On Monday morning, the crew on board the military search-and-rescue aircraft again spotted the youth, who had drifted about 20 miles from where the snowmobile had broken down, Mr Sharp said.
Two search-and-rescue technicians parachuted to a larger ice floe a short distance away to mount their rescue attempt.
via Teenage boy trapped on floating piece of ice with polar bears – Telegraph.
via Groxx
I’m sure the polar bear angle gets more hits, but I’m kinda shocked that the kid and uncle were reported missing on Saturday, a pilot saw the kid on Sunday afternoon and threw him some candy, and then he was REspotted on Monday morning, when rescue efforts began to take place.
Seriously? A whole day from initial spotting to rescuing? How shitty is the coordination up there? Someone can easily die within that time, so I hope the Canadians are REchecking their shit to make rescues much faster.
