I also underwent counseling during which I was told about this lunacy specific to the Iqaluit run, which manifested itself as hallucinations — even mass hysteria — featuring one common theme: the bears speak. Not in husky-like complaints but in English, with clear diction and a slight but very strange accent. I was shown film of exit interviews given by the crew of the infamous Marigold immediately after they landed at Ushuaia, conducted in a secure facility.
The crew maintained that not only did the bears communicate in English, several bears had acted as Able Seamen, capable of performing routine duties, such as taking on lookout shifts and anchor watch. – – from “Honeymoons in Temporary Locations” Ashley Shelby’s cat Greta approves of the cover of Shelby’s new story collection, “Honeymoons in Temporary Locations,” which she will launch June 25, 2024, at Moon Palace Books in Minneapolis. (Courtesy of Ashley Shelby) “ Experts See Eco-Disaster for These Polar Bears ” shouted a headline in the New York Times recently.
The story says polar bears in the Southern Hudson Bay, an “indicator species,” could go extinct as early as the 2030s because the sea ice that helps them hunt for food is thinning. This doesn’t surprise Minnesotan Ashley Shelby . Her new book, “ Honeymoons in Temporary Locations ,” begins with polar bears in the story “Muri.
” It’s narrated by the captain of an icebreaker bringing the last pod of Baffin Bay polar bears to th.
