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一 | ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Two deer struggling in the waters of southeast Alaska’s famed Inside Passage finally made it to land, thanks to two Alaska Wildlife Troopers who gave the deer a lift in their boat.Sgt. Mark Finses and trooper Kyle Fuege were returning from a patrol in nearby Ernest Sound to Ketchikan on Oct. 10 when they spotted the deer, agency spokesperson Justin Freeman said in an email to The Associated Press.The deer were about 4 miles (6.4 kilometers) from any island in the channel, which is favored by large cruise ships taking tourists in summer months to locations such as Ketchikan and Juneau.The deer were floating down Clarence Strait about 14 miles (22.5 kilometers) northwest of Ketchikan, but not toward any particular island, Freeman said. They were fighting the current during midtide.“Out in the middle of Clarence, they’re in rough shape, like on their last leg,” Finses said on a video he shot with his phone and that the troopers posted to social media.The troopers stopped their 33-foot (10-meter) patrol vessel about 150 yards (137 meters) from the two deer, which saw the boat and headed toward it. The troopers shut off the engines so the animals wouldn’t be spooked.When the deer reached the boat, they butted their heads against it, then swam right up the swim step, at which point the troopers helped them get the rest of the way onboard. Once in the boat, the deer shivered from their time in the cold water. The average temperature of the water in Ketchikan in October is 50.4 degrees Fahrenheit (10.2 degrees Celsius), according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. “I’m soaked to the bone,” Finses says on the video. “I had to pick them up and bear hug them to get them off our deck and get them on the beach.”Once back on land, the deer initially had difficulty standing and walking, Freeman said. But eventually, they were able to walk around slowly before trotting off.“The deer ended up being completely OK,” he said.It’s common to see deer swimming in southeast Alaska waters, going from one island to another; what's not common is to have deer swim up to a boat and try to get on it, Freeman said.。 全民健身，智慧出众。8月8日，全国桥牌通讯赛“全民健身日”专场在全国各地举办，以此迎接我国第18个“全民健身日”。本次比赛共有23个省区市80个单位建立了117条赛线，其中公开组110条，青年组7条。依托通讯赛统一牌型、全国同步比拼的办赛优势，各地桥牌爱好者在家门口就能参与全国性赛事。不少赛场赛后在现场为参赛选手发放通讯赛定制环保包，将绿色低碳理念融入赛事，让全民健身不止于竞技比拼，更传递健康文明的生活方式。值得一提的是，8月8日恰逢在合肥举办的第九届世界青年桥牌锦标赛收官之日，通讯赛全民健身日的风也吹到了世青赛赛场，700余名海内外青年牌手共同感受到了全民健身日的氛围。国际赛场与全民健身在合肥同频联动，国际青年交流与全民普及双向呼应，为本次“全民健身日”专场赋予了特殊意义。通讯赛“全民健身日”专场还通过金桥在线、新睿桥牌app线上开展，8月2日至8日期间，累计共有超10万人次在线上参与。“全民健身日”是一次集中展示，通讯赛坚持月月开赛，常态化办赛，是桥牌服务全民健身的长久底色。 。
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