Saturday, March 3
through Saturday,
March 17, 2001

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Fate plays her hand in ways we mere mortals can never comprehend. We can only watch and wonder. Ray Howell's polar bear hunt is a text book example.

In the first place, Ray wasn't even scheduled for his hunt till 2003. However, when Team PSE member Pat Aucoin broke his arm a few weeks before his 2001 polar bear hunt he didn't stop to feel sorry for himself; he just picked himself up and called his buddy Ray and offered the hunt to him.

Ray accepted and immediately began his preparation. There were a thousand details to take care of, airline tickets, tags, fees, licenses, cold weather gear, cases of hand warmers, and more cold weather gear. You don't want to be standing in the Arctic 150 miles from the magnetic north pole, with temperatures hovering at 60° below and realize you left your mittens back in Minnesota.

So, turn your air conditioner on high, chew on some ice, and sit back and enjoy this polar bear adventure as only Ray Howell can tell it.