Operation: Hibernation

The ultiamte result: Herbert encased in a deluxe icebox. Did you notice that Klutzy escaped?

Operation: Hibernation was a mission decreed by the Elite Penguin Force on August 19th, 2011. Intended to be the grand finale and completion of all EPF and PSA operations since 2007, its ultimate goal was to facilitate a successful capture of Herbert P. Bear. Essentially, it was to force Herbert into ursine hibernation and capture him while he slumbers. Once you completed it, you would receive 3 EPF medals and the AC 3000 Pin. At the end of the mission, Klutzy is seen escaping through the tube leading to the AC 3000. It is assumed that Klutzy will attempt to free Herbert, though this is not confirmed. This is most likely not the last we see of Herbert, since Operation: Blackout is planned for an unknown date in the future.

The plan

The plan seems to involve Toughest Mountain and the AC 3000, and is a rather simple idea.

1. Disguising the real intent of the AC 3000 with a new Party (the Great Snow Race), the air conditioning behemoth will be mounted on Toughest Mountain, where Herbert and Klutzy are suspected to take residence.
2. The AC 3000 will produce frigid temperatures, unprecented even in the freezing Antarctic, giving Herbert no choice but to form a maternity den in the snow and weather out the freezing cold in ursine hibernation.
3. Surveillance will be gathered as to where he has taken to rest, and when he is asleep...
4. ...EPF Agents will swarm in and apprehend him before he can ever know what hit him.

Galleries

Press releases and media

• The official outline of Operation Hibernation.
  The official outline of Operation Hibernation.
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  The precedence of Operation Hibernation forced the Director of the PSA to make a public announcement inviting penguins to enter the Everyday Phoning Facility and join the EPF.
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  Rookie messes up an Operation Hibernation-related press release.

Herbert's Rooms

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  The entryway.
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  A laser maze. This was built by Herbert to protect himself from EPF infiltration and to enable him to fight back when he is awake.
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  The maze continues.
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  Deeper and deeper in the maze.
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  Herbert's lair.

Trivia

• Polar bears actually do hibernate, but it's usually the female bear that does it. To force a male polar bear into hibernation, extreme weather is required (hence the Operation).
  • Polar Bears hibernate by covering themselves in snow and growing extra fur. In the real Arctic, polar bears do not have access to caves and caverns, and would therefore cover themselves in snow. Snow is actually an efficient insulator- keeping heat in -and it keeps them warm and alive for weeks on end.
  • Female polar bears hibernate when they are about to give birth to new cubs. The cubs are born in the winter and stay with the mother to be weaned until they are big enough to survive. Due to this, a polar bear's "cave", so to speak, is officially called a maternity den.
• WHAT?! How can you put Herbert into hibernation for 10 months? I WANT MISSIONS WHERE I CAN FIGHT HIM WHILE HE'S AWAKE, NOT PUT HIM INTO HIBERNATION! RELEASE HERBERT AT ONCE!

See also

• Herbert P. Bear
• Missions
• Great Snow Race
• AC 3000