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Spitsbergen shares a common polar bear population with the rest of Svalbard and Franz Joseph Land. The Svalbard reindeer ( R. tarandus platyrhynchus ) is a distinct sub-species. While it was previously almost extinct, hunting is permitted for both it and the Arctic fox.
In July 2018, a polar bear was shot dead after it attacked and injured a polar bear guard leading tourists off a cruise ship. [167] [168] In August 2020, a Dutch man was killed by a polar bear at a campsite in Longyearbyen. The polar bear was shot dead. [169] [170] In 2022, a polar bear attacked a French tourist, who suffered injuries to an arm ...
On 5 August 2011, a polar bear in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard attacked a party of 13 university students, who were undertaking an expedition organised by the British Schools Exploring Society (BSES), and were camped near the Von Post glacier, 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the settlement of Longyearbyen. [1]
Bear Island (Norwegian: Bjørnøya, pronounced [ˈbjø̀ːɳœʏɑ]) is the southernmost island of the Norwegian Svalbard archipelago.The island is located at the limits of the Norwegian and Barents seas, approximately halfway between Spitsbergen and the North Cape.
The population of polar bears are locally recovering from the major culls of the 1960s and 1970s that came about due to the availability of snow scooters; however, the polar bear remains threatened at a global level, due to unsustainable levels of killing by humans and marine water pollution. [2]
The polar bear alert team's vehicles are gathering outside, trying to move a bear away from town. "If climate change continues," muses Tee's classmate Charlie, "the polar bears might just stop ...
Polar bears are one of the most majestic, yet fearsome animals on the planet. The largest living species of bear and the largest land carnivore, the polar bear is closely related to the brown bear.
There are 15 to 20 types of marine mammals, including whales, dolphins, seals, walruses, and polar bears. About 30 types of bird are found on Svalbard, most of which are migratory. The Barents Sea is among the areas in the world with most seabirds, with about 20 million individuals during late summer. Sixteen bird species are on the IUCN Red List.