Last Thursday, a polar bear attacked a skier in Auyuittuq National Park on Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. Other visitors came to the skier’s aid, administered first aid, and contacted Parks Canada.

After the attack, the group managed to get the injured skier to the Summit Lake emergency shelter in Akshayuk Pass. With low cloud cover ruling out a helicopter evacuation, the skier and four others were transported by snow machine to the nearby community of Pangnirtung.

The victim, whose identity remains unknown, was released following a medical evaluation. Details remain unclear regarding the extent of the skier’s injuries, the circumstances and location of the attack, or how the bear was ultimately driven off.

Parks Canada has since killed the bear and given the carcass to the local hunters and trappers association. While all visitors to Auyuittuq National Park receive a safety briefing by Parks staff and may carry deterrents such as flares or bear spray, independent travelers are not permitted to carry a firearm.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5718743&forum_id=2#48893856)

16 hours ago

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Why would anyone kill the bear?? He's living

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Jennifer

a day ago

It amazes me how people can be so lacking in common sense. You are trespassing on the polar bears home, yet you blame them when you're attacked.. Meanwhile , If you stay away from them in the first place, you would not be attacked.

its simple, stay put of their habitat.

Polar bears can attack humans when they feel threatened, are hungry, or are protecting their young, especially when their natural habitat is shrinking due to climate change and sea ice loss, leading to increased encounters with humans. Predatory attacks are also more likely when bears are nutritionally stressed, often young adult males who are starting to starve.

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Ash Routen Jennifer

a day ago

A key point overlooked in your argument, as well as the other commenter’s, is that the Inuit have lived on Baffin Island for thousands of years, hunting polar bears for food, clothing, tools, and self-defence when necessary. More broadly, both the Inuit and Cree have hunted polar bears in the eastern Canadian Arctic for over 6,000 years. While modern adventure tourists have largely replaced fur traders, the Arctic (in modern history) has never truly been dominated by a single species. Rather, it has been a place of coexistence, with the balance of power in that relationship being another matter for debate.

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