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Title: Russian navy boat sinks in Arctic Sea after walrus attack: reports
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URL Source: https://www.foxnews.com/world/russi ... sinks-walrus-attack-arctic-sea
Published: Sep 24, 2019
Author: Danielle Wallace
Post Date: 2019-09-24 09:47:30 by Ada
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Views: 1560
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A Russian navy boat embarking on a research expedition in the Arctic Sea sunk after being attacked by a female walrus that was defending her young, according to reports Monday. The Altai, a tugboat operated by the Russian navy’s Northern Fleet, carried researchers from the Russian Geographical Society and other expedition participants into waters near a remote island chain called Franz Josef Land in the Arctic Sea, Ars Technica reported. DEAD SHARK 'PARADED' THROUGH TOWN AT BRITISH SEAFOOD FESTIVAL SPARKS DEBATE The boat dispatched a smaller inflatable landing craft in shallow waters off Wilczek Island to bring researchers ashore near Cape Heller. Before the boat could reach the beach, it was attacked by a female walrus who was probably “fearing for her cubs,” according to a press release from the Russian Geographical Society. “The boat sank, but a tragedy was avoided thanks to the prompt action by the squad leader. All landing participants safely reached the shore,” the press release said. A separate press release from the Russian navy confirmed the attack but did not say the boat sank, The Barents Observer reported. “During the landing at Cape Heller, a group of researchers had to flee from a female walrus who attacked an expedition boat when protecting her cub,” the Northern Fleet wrote. “Serious troubles were avoided thanks to the clear and well-coordinated actions of the Northern Fleet servicemen, who were able to take the boat away from the animals without harming them.” CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP The expedition was meant to conduct glacial and biological surveys of the islands in the Franz Josef Land archipelago. Researchers also collected artifacts from the 1874 Austro-Hungarian expedition that first mapped the island chain and the 1898-1899 expedition by American journalist Walter Wellman, who would later come to fame for trying to fly to the North Pole by airship, according to Ars Technica. The Russian Geographical Society also aimed to find the grave of Russian polar explorer Georgy Sedov, who perished while attempting to reach the North Pole in 1914.
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#1. To: Ada (#0)
A walrus can sink a tugboat? Is this for real?
_____________________________________________________________ USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um
The title doesn't match the story. It says in the article that an inflatable landing craft was attacked, but the crew was able to save it, so it appears it didn't sink. Decent journalism is dying a lingering death.
“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken
No. It sunk a small inflatable boat launched from the tugboat. Yes, a walrus can manage that.
The Russian Geographical Society says the boat sank. The Navy says otherwise.
She's a better mother than lots of ameriKan ones.
_____________________________________________________________ USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um
Sorry, gang -- my dumb. Am very groggy today.
_____________________________________________________________ USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um
If a tugboat is part of a country’s navy and carries another smaller vessel on board, should it be called a ship rather than a boat?
The tugboat is a proper ship. The smaller vessel is a boat.
I keep waiting for the follow up article. Russian Spetsnaz deployed to counter walrus terrorist threat. Putin is quoted as saying “Those fat fucks will pay for their transgression against Mother Russia.” When told that Greenpeace was filing a protest with the UN to stop the military action, President Putin responded with “those unwashed pussies need to shut up. That placating walruses nonsense might work for Americans, fuck them. This is Russia.” "Call Me Ishmael" -Ishmael, A character from the book "Moby Dick" 1851. "Call Me Fishmeal" -Osama Bin Laden, A character created by the CIA, and the world's Hide And Seek Champion 2001-2011. -Tommythemadartist
Bless those walruses. "Eff" Russia and all the morons in it.
_____________________________________________________________ USA! USA! USA! Bringing you democracy, or else! there were strains of VD that were incurable, and they were first found in the Philippines and then transmitted to the Korean working girls via US military. The 'incurables' we were told were first taken back to a military hospital in the Philippines to quietly die. – 4um
The Russians have unloosed their weapon against walruses: the polar bear.
Ah the symbol of white supremacy and Russian superiority. The Polar Bear.
"Call Me Ishmael" -Ishmael, A character from the book "Moby Dick" 1851. "Call Me Fishmeal" -Osama Bin Laden, A character created by the CIA, and the world's Hide And Seek Champion 2001-2011. -Tommythemadartist
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"After tomorrow those SOB's will never embarrass me again. That’s not a threat. That’s a promise.” – LBJ to his mistress Madeleine Brown on the eve of JFK assassination 
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#4. To: NeoconsNailed (#1)
A walrus can sink a tugboat? Is this for real?
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If a tugboat is part of a country’s navy and carries another smaller vessel on board, should it be called a ship rather than a boat?
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