Comments on: A Narrow Escape http://michaelmather.com/blog/a-narrow-escape/ Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:44:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Anonymous http://michaelmather.com/blog/a-narrow-escape/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Anonymous Thu, 31 May 2007 18:05:15 +0000 http://michaelmather.com/blog/a-narrow-escape.html#comment-184 <strong>A Narrow Escape...</strong> Teenage Polar explores James Hooper & Rob Gauntlett had a brush with death when James fell through the dimminishing sea ice. The effects of global warming are dramatic and easy to see on their expedition which is taking them from North Pole to Sout... A Narrow Escape…

Teenage Polar explores James Hooper & Rob Gauntlett had a brush with death when James fell through the dimminishing sea ice.

The effects of global warming are dramatic and easy to see on their expedition which is taking them from North Pole to Sout…

]]> By: A Narrow Escape | The Big Picture http://michaelmather.com/blog/a-narrow-escape/comment-page-1/#comment-183 A Narrow Escape | The Big Picture Thu, 31 May 2007 10:15:28 +0000 http://michaelmather.com/blog/a-narrow-escape.html#comment-183 [...] The hunters ran back to try to pull Rob out which proved very difficult as they did not want to risk going in themselves. Eventually after some 3 minutes they did. By this time however, Rob was already in a bad state and suffering from hypothermia. They quickly set up their tent and got the stove on to heat the inside. James got Rob’s wet kit off and put him in a sleeping bag with warm drinks. Their combined speed and actions without doubt saved Rob’s life. more [...] [...] The hunters ran back to try to pull Rob out which proved very difficult as they did not want to risk going in themselves. Eventually after some 3 minutes they did. By this time however, Rob was already in a bad state and suffering from hypothermia. They quickly set up their tent and got the stove on to heat the inside. James got Rob’s wet kit off and put him in a sleeping bag with warm drinks. Their combined speed and actions without doubt saved Rob’s life. more [...]

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