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Along with the 2008 Russian presidential election, on 2 March 2008 there was an unofficial election held in Sochi to elect the mascot for the 2014 Winter Olympics. 270,000 voters along with their ballots received a coupon with four mascot candidates: Ded Moroz, a snowflake, a polar bear and a dolphin.
Like or having the spirit of a polar bear Taurus: Aldebaran: Many tales where Nanurjuk is a polar bear being hunted by the nearby stars surrounding it. [1] Nuutuittuq* (alternate spelling: Niqirtsuituq) [5] Never moves Ursa Minor: Polaris: Nuutuittuq is a minor star and cannot be used for navigation by most Inuit.
The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a large bear native to the Arctic and nearby areas. It is closely related to the brown bear, and the two species can interbreed.The polar bear is the largest extant species of bear and land carnivore, with adult males weighing 300–800 kg (660–1,760 lb).
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The shorter single version was later collected on the Grauzone album Die Sunrise Tapes (1998). [4] The song features a man singing he wants to be "a polar bear in the cold polar", because by being one he "wouldn't have to cry any longer and everything would be fine." The instrumental arrangement also evokes an Arctic atmosphere.
This individual is presumed to have been shipped from a place of the same name—perhaps Lyngen Fjord—and been caught in Svalbard; it was likely a replacement for Henry's original bear. [5] Another white bear was present at the menagerie by 1549. [12] James VI and I received two polar bear cubs in 1609 and kept them in his bear garden. [13]
Paul H. Kocher, whilst writing for the journal Mythprint, suggested that the creatures in the Letters from Father Christmas may have been a precursor to those which appeared in Tolkien's later works such as The Lord of the Rings, [15] a view which was shared by Laurence and Martha Krieg in a review in the journal Mythlore (issue #14). [16]
Henry Marentius Rudi (12 March 1889 – 15 June 1970) was a Norwegian trapper and polar bear hunter. [1] Polar Museum at Tromsø has a permanent exhibition relating to Henry Rudi. Rudi was born in Tromsø, Norway, the son of Ole Olsen Rudi (1859–1935) and Marie Wilhelmine Henriksen (1863–1934). His father had originally moved from ...