Polar Expedition.Talk about traveling first class. Hellman Perishable Logistics of Redondo Beach Redondo Beach (rĭdŏn`dō), city (1990 pop. 60,167), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1892. Once a commercial port for Los Angeles, it is a residential and resort city with a protected harbor and an excellent marina. broke new ground this week, taking a break from its regular business of exporting California produce to transport an 800-pound polar bear polar bear, large white bear, Ursus maritimus, formerly Thalarctos maritimus, of the coasts of arctic North America. Polar bears usually live on drifting pack ice, but sometimes wander long distances inland. migrate from Arizona to Australia. Moving Kanook, who was on his way from Tucson's Reid Park Zoo The Reid Park Zoo, founded in 1975, is a city-owned and operated non-profit zoo in Tucson, Arizona. The zoo features more than 500 animals over 17 acres of land. It was unofficially established in 1965 by Gene Reid, the parks and recreation director of the time. to Sea World on Australia's Gold Coast, presented a new set of challenges for Hellman, said Los Angeles Terminal Manager Cid Stoltenberg. First, Hellman had to send not one but two refrigerated re·frig·er·ate tr.v. re·frig·er·at·ed, re·frig·er·at·ing, re·frig·er·ates 1. To cool or chill (a substance). 2. To preserve (food) by chilling. trucks to Tucson to pick up the bear in case the first truck broke down. Kanook, who was accompanied by a National Geographic photographer, was then inspected by federal game officials before being loaded onto special pallets aboard a Quantas freighter flight. Two grooms accompanied Kanook to Sydney. The cost of the trip exceeded $20,000. "It was definitely an involved process. This was our first live animal," Stoltenberg said. |
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