Polar Bear Tries To Get Attention From Fishing Ship. When Crew Notices, They Lower A Rescue Vessel

During a fishing expedition in the Arctic, a ship's crew spotted something unusual: a polar bear swimming toward them. It didn’t seem near any larger plaques of ice, which concerned the crew, especially when it started to follow their boat. Knowing that polar bears often are solitary and avoid human contact, they knew that they had to do something.

The crew quickly lowered a rescue vessel to investigate further and prepared for an unpredictable and potentially dangerous interaction...

They knew the risks they were taking, but they were sure the boat would be too high for it to jump on. That reason alone made half of the crew less worried, though that didn’t mean their nervousness would completely disappear. There didn’t seem to be ice that could support the animal’s weight in their general proximity either, and, well… They couldn’t just let it drown!

When the lifeboat hit the water, the bear let out a soft roar as its strong paws and claws hauled it onto the lifeboat. “Luckily, that one can’t deflate,” Richard, one of the crew members, murmured, and a few other members laughed at the remark. The captain, Captain Reynolds, walked over to the edge, coming face to face with the polar bear.

The animal stood on its hind legs, looking up at Captain Reynolds and the crew as it let out another, though now more prominent, roar. The captain’s brow furrowed, “What is it doing?” He asked, but his crew remained silent, mesmerized by the animal in the boat under them. What could possibly be wrong with it?

The polar bear just kept making sounds, though its roars weren’t as loud. They stayed on course, but as they kept moving west the polar bear became more frantic. “Halt the ship,” Captain Reynolds ordered and it didn’t take long for it to do so. Then, suddenly, the bear did something they hadn’t expected.