Injured skier survives, polar bear killed after Nunavut attack

Injured skier survives, polar bear killed after Nunavut attack

Predator's remains turned over to Pangnirtung Hunters and Trappers Organization after incident in in Auyuittuq National Park

Injured skier survives, but attacking bear killed in Auyuittuq National Park

Predator's remains turned over to Pangnirtung Hunters and Trappers Organization

Skier Survives Polar Bear Attack In Canada's Auyuittuq National Park

A skier in Auyuittuq National Park near Pangnirtung, Nunavut, was rescued after being attacked and injured by a polar bear on Thursday, April 24. According to CBC, four other park visitors helped get the victim to an emergency shelter before contacting Parks Canada. Auyuittuq National Park Parks Canada staff arrived around 8:30am Thursday morning. Weather conditions made a helicopter evacuation impossible, so the group was extracted approximate…

In the last two years, Ticino has managed the Arctic station of the Institute of Polar Sciences of the Italian National Research Council (CNR). Where climate change is twice as fast as elsewhereTessa Viglezio has been returning from three months in Ny-Alesund, the northernmost village in the world, on the island of Spitsbergen, Norway. Over the last two years, 28-year-old Ticino has been the leading station of the Arctic station of the Institute…