Saturday, December 30, 2006

A Beary Tale

Picture #1

Breaking news.... Reporting from Ayles Island...
It has been reported, that no one witnessed this event. But we here at the TABaker blog were determined to find at least one. We left no ice cube unturned as we scoured the Arctic. Finally after searching from ice flow to ice flow, we came across the White family.(picture #1) We found them on the newly formed(in relationship to the age of the earth) Island that was up until relatively recently, the Ayles Ice Shelf. Go figure. Mr White was at the Ayles Ice Shelf at the moment it let loose. As a matter of fact, Mr. White takes credit for the event. He claims that he and his family were in dire need of a stable place to call home. The recent warming trend had melted all the decent ice flows. In fact, the White family were in deed homeless. When Mr. White came to realize that there were no other options but to make a new home for his family he went to work chiseling away at the cliff. After months of work it finally happened. Mrs.White was able to take a Photo of Mr.White perilously close to the edge of the cliff watching it as it slipped away in to the depths below.(picture #2) Picture #2No longer did they have to swim from one small chunk of ice to another to get out of the freezing arctic waters. They finally had a stable island of ice to hunt seals from. A place they could get out of the icy cold waters and relax and just enjoy themselves. It was a moment that truly changed the lives of this family for many years to come. As to the reports that Mr. White in his actions has destroyed unique features of the Canadian landscape, Mr. White had this to say. "Are they nuts? These things are dropping into the waters all the time. They form, they fall, it is called nature. Shit happens. I just helped this one along a little. I had to provide for my family. A bear has got to do what a bear has to do. " Who came blame anyone for looking after their families best interest? Sure not this reporter.

4 comments:

Candace said...

I remember thinking, when first reading about this tragic evidence of global warming, that it might be a handy replacement for all those ice floes. Then I read a post whose author is very concerned about this ice floe crashing into the coast of James Bay and destroying THAT piece of our world and realized that polar bears are just selfish neocons, thinking only of themselves.

Or something like that.

Tim said...

I assure you that the White family is completely non political. They are not looking for government handouts, and would like nothing more than for everyone to just leave them alone to live happily ever after....

ABFreedom said...

It's getting so bears aren't allowed to have a decent vacation..... damn tree huggers.

Tim said...

What trees? No trees anywhere to be seen up there.... The White Family vacations in Churchill Manitoba, they love to go watch all the silly humans....