Alaskan Snowmobilers Dig Out Moose Caught in Avalanche A moose in Alaska has three snowmobilers to thank for making it to the New Year. On December 28, Marty Mobley, Rob Uphus and Avery Vunichich were snowmobiling at Hatcher Pass, about 55 miles northeast of Anchorage when they passed a small bowl, covered in both ski and moose tracks. When they came back an hour later, they saw an avalanche had covered the tracks. The men saw a snout sticking up through the snow, and heard noises coming from the area. They immediately grabbed their shovels and headed over to start digging. “It looked like a guy’s […] Avalanche ameliatraynor | January 3, 2015 3 Comments
Gordon Samel, ‘Into the Wild’ Moose Hunter Killed in Police Confrontation Gordon Samel, known for discovering the decaying body of ‘Into the Wild’ Chris McCandless has been killed in a police confrontation […] SnowBrains | March 15, 2014 0 Comments
Friday Fun: 2 Canadians Save Shark Choking on Moose… Meanwhile, in Canada…Two Canadian men saved an 8-foot-long, 250-pound Greenland Shark that was choking to death on a piece of Moose over the weekend. Derrick Chaulk was driving a coastal road near Norris Arm North in Newfoundland when se saw what appeared to be a beached whale. He pulled over and found a large Greenland Shark […] Friday Fun SnowBrains | November 22, 2013 2 Comments