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In the mid 1980's my father sailed to Greenland on the Regina Marris (a research ship) to study whale populations there. One night after drinking several beers to many with a friend he decided to do something incredibly stupid. He and his friends noticed that there were a lot of iceburgs floting by the boat. A quick check made showed that you could stand on top of them. So my dad and his friend decided to hop from iceburg to iceburg until they reached the nearest village which was about 2 miles away. Soon they were off hopping from burg to burg. Soon they could see the lights of the village and see the shoreline. The picked up the pace to get there faster as it was cold. Alas they would not get there safely. They hopped on one small iceburg at the same time and it broke under their combined weight. They plunged into the icy ocean and quickly soberd up. They climbed onto another iceburg after about 5 minutes later and limped into the village, which had a small hospital where they were treated for hypothermia and frostbite and were released after 4 days. To this day my dad never goes into the ocean.

Submitted on 07/21/2009

Submitted by: Tucker Worrall
Reference: Personal Account From my Father 1980's

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Bruce said:
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Well that's certainly a unique PA. It almost sounds like what' you'd see in a cartoon. Thanks, Tucker!

Candi said:
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Oh my goodness...

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