STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - An Icelandic fishing captain, known as "the
Iceman" for his tough character, grabbed a 660-pound shark with his bare
hands as it swam in shallow water toward his crew, a witness said
Thursday.

The skipper of the trawler "Erik the Red" was on a beach in Kuummiit,
east Greenland, watching his crew processing a catch when he saw the
shark swimming toward the fish blood and guts -- and his men.

Captain Sigurdur Petursson, known to locals as "the Iceman," ran into
the shallow water and grabbed the shark by its tail. He dragged it off
to dry land and killed it with his knife.

"He caught it just with his hands. There was a lot of blood in the sea
and the shark came in and he thought it was dangerous," Frede Kilime, a
hunter and fisherman who watched from the beach, told Reuters by phone
from Greenland.

Icelandic author and journalist Reynir Traustason, who knows the trawler
captain, said the act was typical of the man.

"He's called 'the Iceman' because he isn't scared of anything," he said.
"I know the people in that part of the world. They are really tough."

Not to take the moment away from this guy... even for him it would be
business as usaual... but it's a Greenland Shark and they swim about as
fast as Bobsprit at low tide in the LIS..... Big, mostly blind and
exceedingly sluggish.

CM

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| STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - An Icelandic fishing captain, known as "the
| Iceman" for his tough character, grabbed a 660-pound shark with his bare
| hands as it swam in shallow water toward his crew, a witness said
| Thursday.
|
| The skipper of the trawler "Erik the Red" was on a beach in Kuummiit,
| east Greenland, watching his crew processing a catch when he saw the
| shark swimming toward the fish blood and guts -- and his men.
|
| Captain Sigurdur Petursson, known to locals as "the Iceman," ran into
| the shallow water and grabbed the shark by its tail. He dragged it off
| to dry land and killed it with his knife.
|
| "He caught it just with his hands. There was a lot of blood in the sea
| and the shark came in and he thought it was dangerous," Frede Kilime, a
| hunter and fisherman who watched from the beach, told Reuters by phone
| from Greenland.
|
| Icelandic author and journalist Reynir Traustason, who knows the trawler
| captain, said the act was typical of the man.
|
| "He's called 'the Iceman' because he isn't scared of anything," he said.
| "I know the people in that part of the world. They are really tough."

"Capt. Mooron" wrote in message ...
Not to take the moment away from this guy... even for him it would be
business as usaual... but it's a Greenland Shark and they swim about as
fast as Bobsprit at low tide in the LIS..... Big, mostly blind and
exceedingly sluggish.


On the Icelandic news, the skipper (of the fishing boat, not trawler,
Eiríkur Rauði) said that he was quite surprised how easy it was and
how the shark was much larger than he had imagined.

Yeah it's a big shark.... but let's face it... they yank them out of ice
fishing holes on occasion. Try doing that to a Great White.

CM

"Sigvaldi Eggertsson" wrote in message
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| "Capt. Mooron" wrote in message
...
| Not to take the moment away from this guy... even for him it would be
| business as usaual... but it's a Greenland Shark and they swim about as
| fast as Bobsprit at low tide in the LIS..... Big, mostly blind and
| exceedingly sluggish.
|
|
| On the Icelandic news, the skipper (of the fishing boat, not trawler,
| Eiríkur Rauði) said that he was quite surprised how easy it was and
| how the shark was much larger than he had imagined.

Yeah it's a big shark.... but let's face it... they yank them out of ice
fishing holes on occasion. Try doing that to a Great White.

I'm pretty sure I could. I have unlimited hand strength.

Capt RB

Are you saying you've "got hand"? I'm sure you get lots of practice!

--
-jeff

"Bobsprit" wrote in message ...
Yeah it's a big shark.... but let's face it... they yank them out of ice
fishing holes on occasion. Try doing that to a Great White.

I'm pretty sure I could. I have unlimited hand strength.

Capt RB

"Capt. Mooron" wrote
Not to take the moment away from this guy... even for him it would be
business as usaual... but it's a Greenland Shark and they swim about as
fast as Bobsprit at low tide in the LIS..... Big, mostly blind and
exceedingly sluggish.

Sluggish, but powerful. And not lacking the usual teeth.
For one guy alone, standing in the water, to have hauled a big-assed
fish like that ashore is still something of an accomplishment.
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Sluggish, but powerful. And not lacking the usual teeth.
For one guy alone, standing in the water, to have hauled a big-assed
fish like that ashore is still something of an accomplishment.

Sluggish? Compared to what? Grab one by the tail and hang on.

RB