wapusk wrote:
We were there over Halloween. That was the night 2 town people were attacked by a large male. Unfortunately a sow was killed protecting her cub before they realized they got the wrong bear...eventually found the responsible male. It was very sobering point of the trip and really gave us an education on what life can be like living with these bears.
Damn. I read about the mauling after the trip (googling to see about polar bear fatalities) but didn't read about misidentifying the wrong bear. Wow. Pretty frightening. Thanks for sharing.