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Nelson and the Bear by Richard Westall (1765-1836). Nelson's famous attack on a polar bear during an expedition. From Nelson - A Biography by Richard Hough, page 20. The Right Honourable Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, KCB (1758-1805), was a British admiral who won fame as a leading naval commander. When he was fifteen Nelson volunteered for the expedition as coxswain in HMS Carcass, under Captain Lutwidge. Lutwidge used to recall Nelson's pursuit of a polar bear. 'I wished to kill the bear that I might carry the skin to my father' (Horatio Nelson). Both Nelson and the bear escaped unharmed.

Nelson and the Bear by Richard Westall (1765-1836). Nelson's famous attack on a polar bear during an expedition. From Nelson - A Biography by Richard Hough, page 20. The Right Honourable Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, KCB (1758-1805), was a British admiral who won fame as a leading naval commander. When he was fifteen Nelson volunteered for the expedition as coxswain in HMS Carcass, under Captain Lutwidge. Lutwidge used to recall Nelson's pursuit of a polar bear. 'I wished to kill the bear that I might carry the skin to my father' (Horatio Nelson). Both Nelson and the bear escaped unharmed.
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Nelson and the Bear by Richard Westall (1765-1836). Nelson's famous attack on a polar bear during an expedition. From Nelson - A Biography by Richard Hough, page 20. The Right Honourable Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, KCB (1758-1805), was a British admiral who won fame as a leading naval commander. When he was fifteen Nelson volunteered for the expedition as coxswain in HMS Carcass, under Captain Lutwidge. Lutwidge used to recall Nelson's pursuit of a polar bear. 'I wished to kill the bear that I might carry the skin to my father' (Horatio Nelson). Both Nelson and the bear escaped unharmed.
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