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on Wednesday September 02 2015, @09:15AM
from the that's-what-secret-service-is-for dept.
from the that's-what-secret-service-is-for dept.
US President Barack Obama will trek through the wilderness in Alaska this week with British TV adventurer Bear Grylls, the NBC channel has announced. He is due to tape an episode of Running Wild with Bear Grylls to observe the effects of climate change on the area, it said. He is the first president to appear on the show, to be aired later this year.
President Obama is on a three-day tour of Alaska aimed at highlighting the pace of climate change. It is part of his administration's efforts to build support for new legislation significantly capping carbon dioxide emissions from power plants in the US, as well as raise attention to the ways climate change has damaged Alaska's natural landscape.
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday September 02 2015, @03:53PM
Les Stroud of Survivorman would have been a superior choice. Bear Grylls is a buffoon that will get people killed with his "advice." Jumping into a stream of water that's disappearing into a glacier? Excellent way to wind up dead, NOT a sound survival tip.
Washington DC delenda est.
(Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Wednesday September 02 2015, @06:12PM
From my above post, Les Stroud would be much more welcome as:
A. He is a trained survivalist.
B. Sure he's Canadian, but the USA and Canada are neighbors with many cultural ties.
C. Alaska is geographically part of Canada. So it's not unfamiliar to Stroud.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 02 2015, @08:31PM
Maybe Les Stroud was asked...and decided that hosting the Prez *and* all his secret service staff, was going to cause too much ecological damage.