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Firefighters find body of 38-year-old Adrian Weber attempted polar bear
swim in Kingsmere Lake near Chelsea Tony Lofaro The Ottawa Citizen A
festive New Year's Eve party on Kingsmere Lake, near Chelsea, ended
tragically after a 38-year-old man drowned in the lake after an early
morning dip. Adrian Weber, brother of Chelsea explorer Richard Weber, was
partying on the lake with about 25 friends when he dove into the lake and
drowned. The group had been playing hockey on the lake when Mr. Weber
attempted a polar bear swim into the icy waters. Two holes about two
metres apart had been cut in the lake and Mr. Weber dove in about 1:30 a.m.
When he failed to resurface, friends jumped into the lake to search for
him, but were unable to find him. Mr. Weber's body was found yesterday by
firefighters close to the spot where he had jumped into the water. "The
water was only about waist deep and he tried to swim between the two holes.
He must have got disoriented or something," said Christoph Weber, 44, his
older brother. "His friends dove in right away with a rope and tried to
find him. They drove a car onto the ice and pointed the headlights of the
car toward the hole to get some kind of light onto the lake. It was dark
and hard to see anything." Mr. Weber said his brother was a "very healthy
guy" and a "good swimmer" and does not know what might have caused him to
drown. He said his brother was a PhD student in forestry at the University
of British Columbia and was to graduate this fall. He was born in Ottawa
and he moved to Vancouver about five years ago to attend university. He was
single. "All his best friends were there because at this time of year they
come home for the holidays and they always get together." Mr. Weber said
he had been at the party on the lake, but left the scene 40 minutes prior
to the accident. "He was extremely outgoing with a lot of friends. He was
a really sweet guy who touched a lot of people. I'm going to miss his big
bear hugs," said Mr. Weber, a Chelsea resident. He said his brother was
drinking prior to the accident but added that the amount of alcohol he had
consumed was not exorbitant. He said that he doubted alcohol played a big
factor in the drowning. His other brother, Richard Weber and Russian
partner, Mikhail Mlakhov reached Ward Hunt Island in 1995, Canada's
northernmost land, becoming the first to ski to the North Pole and back
without any support teams. Lt. Thierry Vallieres of the MRC des Collines
police force said an autopsy will be performed tomorrow.