He wanted a chance to explore a part of the Arctic not to live adventurously but things happened to Siegfried Bucher that were stranger and often more exciting and frightening than anything he could have imagined.<p>He sledded with an Inuk on the frozen off-shore encountered dangerous ice conditionshad near-fatal confrontations with polar bears and experienced severe storms all of which contributed to his extensive knowledge of the Arctic. <b>Dangerous Encounters</b> is Bucher's story