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Polar bear shot dead in Svalbard after attacking tourist

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Monday, August 8, 2022 at 12:12
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A French woman is hospitalised after attacked by a polar bear at Svalbard Monday morning. “The Governor was alarmed just

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Environment Environment (Canada) Newsroom Picks • zone 3 

Our garbage is threatening polar bears — but there are solutions, new report says

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, July 20, 2022 at 10:54
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A new research paper suggests food waste from humans is posing an increasing threat to already struggling polar bear populations

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General RCI 

Canada announces $1.43 million for Inuit protected and conserved area on Hudson Bay island chain

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 16:35 — Last Updated: Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 16:46
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The Canadian government announced on Thursday that they’ll invest $1.43 million in the creation of an Indigenous Protected and Conserved

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) 

Some polar bears in High Arctic temporarily benefit from thinning ice says study

Levon Sevunts, Radio Canada International
Posted: Friday, October 2, 2020 at 08:40 — Last Updated: Friday, October 2, 2020 at 08:48
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As climate change threatens the survival of several polar bear populations in the lower Arctic latitudes, thinning sea ice in

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Canada RCI Society Society (Canada) 

Canadian hunter survives 4 days on the land with no food, plenty of polar bears

CBC News
Posted: Friday, August 28, 2020 at 12:40
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A Nunavut man has a harrowing story to tell after getting lost for four days out on the land near

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Environment Environment (USA) 

Alaska polar bear den disturbances part of ‘death by a thousand cuts,’ researcher says

Casey Grove, Alaska Public Media
Posted: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 09:58 — Last Updated: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at 10:05
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An extensive study of how Alaska’s oil industry can disturb denning polar bears is featured in a recent edition of the

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Environment Environment (Russia) Russia 

Scientists raise alarm about polar bears’ plastic consumption in Arctic Russia

Thomas Nilsen, The Independent Barents Observer
Posted: Thursday, November 28, 2019 at 16:50
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Plastic waste makes up a quarter of the diet for polar bears, says Ivan Mizin, research director of Russian Arctic

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Canada General Science Science (Canada) 

Environmental science in the Arctic: Selected reports

Eye on the Arctic
Posted: Saturday, November 16, 2019 at 00:01
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From melting sea ice to permafrost thaw to polar bears, read our selected reports on environmental science in the Arctic.

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Canada General Science Science (Canada) 

Canadian polar bear expert Ian Stirling given lifetime award

Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International
Posted: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 15:54 — Last Updated: Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 16:04
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Ian Stirling (PhD) was awarded Ice Bear Lifetime Achievement Award Saturday by Polar Bears International, a non-profit solely focused on

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Man in Arctic Canada fined for unlawfully killing polar bear

Mackenzie Scott, CBC News
Posted: Thursday, November 7, 2019 at 11:50
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A man from Inuvik, in Canada’s Northwest Territories, has been fined $1,500 for killing a polar bear last year. Justin

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Man in Arctic Canada found guilty of killing polar bear without tag

Katie Toth, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 14:22 — Last Updated: Wednesday, August 28, 2019 at 15:53
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A man who killed a polar bear on an isolated island in Canada’s Arctic cannot claim self-defence because he got

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Canada General Society Society (Canada) 

Trial starts for man charged with ‘unlawfully’ killing polar bear in northwestern Canada

Avery Zingel, CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, June 19, 2019 at 13:42
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A man facing charges for allegedly hunting a polar bear in the Beaufort Delta region without tags is on trial

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

No photos! Put your phone down around polar bears, wildlife enforcement says

CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 15:25 — Last Updated: Tuesday, April 30, 2019 at 15:27
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A picture of a nearby polar bear is impressive, but it can also be dangerous to get. That’s why wildlife

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Canada General News Society Society (Canada) 

Couple in Atlantic Canada feels lucky to be alive after polar bear encounter

CBC News
Posted: Wednesday, April 17, 2019 at 16:18
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Carrie Dyson says both she and her husband are lucky to be alive after a “horrifying” close encounter with a

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Canada Environment Environment (Canada) General News 

The garbage polar bears get into is getting into them

Katie Toth, CBC News
Posted: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at 10:10
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Aluminum foil. Car keys. Candy wrappers. Half a towel. If there was a Canada Food Guide for bears, none of

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