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Old 02-02-2021, 09:25 PM   #97
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Falling through the ice .... ice self rescue ...... www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVXJQq41tTA ... 2:34 ... March 19, 2018 ... Newfoundland, Canada



If a moose breaks through the ice, can it do a self rescue? No, I've seen a photo of a dead moose floating upside down in a hole in the ice on Moosehead Lake, Maine with an eagle perched and having a bite to eat.

If a polar bear breaks through the ice, can it do a self rescue?

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Just like realty tv is usually not real, here's my two cents on the self rescue video.

It looks like the water is only about five feet deep or so, so the victim is able to easily stand on the bottom and jump upward. This victim got up and out way too fast, for it to be realistic, and made it look way too easy. It was too easy for him to get onto the ice, there, with no ice picks. Wet gloves and a flat ice surface are a big problem making it very difficult to have any pulling traction and pull yourself up onto the ice.

It is very possible the victim is wearing either a wet suit or a dry suit under his outer clothes.

This video has some type of association with the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, the RNC, the local provincial police with 545 sworn and civilian members and a budget of 48.5-million dollars, as of 2013.
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