It was fortunate the Northern Swan happened to find the stranded animal. “The fact that his coat was still mostly white was an indicator of how long he had been out there, which may have been weeks.” “A friend of ours later told us that an Arctic fox should have brown fur this time of year,” Harrigan tells PEOPLE. The frozen fellow ended up being pretty tame once he realized they were there to help him. The crew could tell that the Arctic fox hadn’t eaten in quite a while, so they fed him vienna sausages and water. After the Arctic fox left the iceberg, they scooped him up after he had grown tired from swimming. also reported that Mallory Harrigan, Cliff Russell, and Alan Russell were on the boat. “He was in pretty hard shape because it was so cold in the water,” said Russell.
So they used the boat to knock the ice pan down and fished the fox from the water with a net. The crew tried to pull him from the mushroom-shaped iceberg tip, but the skittish fox wouldn’t let them close. He was soaking wet, and the gulls was trying to pick at him.” Wasn’t sure what it was,” Russell told CBC’s Labrador Morning. Lewis said his ship was about seven kilometres offshore when they spotted something on a nearby iceberg. Courtesy: Alan RussellĬBC, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, reported:Īlan Russell of St. They found the Arctic fox on the iceberg 4.5 miles (7 kilometers) offshore. They first thought it might be a seal but when they got closer they realized it was an Arctic fox. In July 2018, a crew of fishermen and a fisherwoman in a crab fishing boat named the Northern Swan approached an iceberg with an animal on it. We’ve seen far too many misleading stories that similarly appeared in online advertising, so it was refreshing to find a genuine tale. Me and my father fished our entire life and never seen anything like it! 9, 2020, we reached out to one of the crew members, Alan Russell, who told us that the use of the word “unbelievable” was “perfect.” The crew was from South Labrador in Canada. We were a bit surprised to find that this story about the fishermen (and one fisherwoman) finding an animal on an iceberg was true. The online advertisement was hosted by the Taboola advertising platform and bore the headline, “Fishermen Think They Found A Seal Floating On An Iceberg, Then They Take A Closer Look.” A variation of the ad claimed: “Fishermen See Animal On Iceberg, But Then Look Closer.” The ad also included an image that was posted by one of the boat’s crew members:Īnother variation of the ad read: “Fishermen Are Surprised After Seeing What’s Sitting On Iceberg.” Once readers clicked on the ads, they landed on an 80-slide story with the headline: “These Fishermen Noticed Something Unbelievable Atop An Iceberg… What Was It?” It detailed the story of a fishing boat crew that found an Arctic fox on an iceberg. I noticed some before I went off, but ignored it as I thought it is normal after replacing the seals.Since at least August 2019, the viral content website CarNovels advertised a viral story about fishermen on a crab fishing boat, an iceberg, and an animal. Its not "litres", but much more after the ride than what was present before.
But my main concern is the amount of oil that is leaking out after yesterday's ride. I attempted to adjust the resistance (sag?), which did help a little. There is a slight noise as the piston moves in and out. It is leaking from where the can is screwing together. Apologies - my description of the "top" is very vague. Any of the latter should not be a big fix. If it is leaking from where the damper shaft goes into the air can it could be from the float fluid leaking from the pressure chamber into the lower chamber - probably with air loss as well - or they could have put fluid below the main piston. If the leak is where the air can screws into the top they could have pinched the o-ring seal when closing it, in which case it is probably leaking air as well. Leaking at the "top"? If it is leaking from the adjustment knob area you are in for a major service, that is damper oil.