Believe it or not, many people live just fine within polar bear territory. Residents in Churchill, Canada, for example, coexist successfully with polar bears that often pass right through the town!

The study found that from 1870 to 2014, there were 73 confirmed polar bear attacks in five countries with territory abutting the Arctic Ocean: the United States, Norway, Canada, Russia and Denmark.

However, the dramatic footage serves as a chilling reminder for anyone venturing into polar bear territory: awareness, preparation, and split-second decisions can mean the difference between life ...

marking at least the second fatal polar bear attack since last year. The attack took place Thursday at the outpost on Brevoort Island, in Canada's far northeastern Nunavut territory, said Nasittuq ...

bringing them closer to polar bear territory. Photograph By John Eastcott and Yva Momatiuk, Nat Geo Image collection Similarly, melting sea ice in the Arctic could drive polar bears (Ursus ...

A polar bear chased several residents around ... represent ongoing safety concerns for communities within polar bear territory. Joseph Jessup McDermott, executive director of the Alaska Nannut ...

Three tropical coral islands in the South Pacific make up the New Zealand territory of Tokelau ... research outpost and a local population of polar bears, and is partially covered by glaciers.

In the frozen wilds of the Arctic, an unlikely duo thrives – the cunning arctic fox and the powerful polar bear. In this ...

Two tourists from Turkey were in Arctic Bay to document the effects of climate change and to photograph polar bears in the Nunavut territory recently, but wound up in hot water with the locals ...

From November, when the ice fastens to shore, to May, when it breaks up, the ice is polar bear territory across the Arctic. The bears sleep on the ice at night, and pregnant females can even ...

Two polar bears killed a worker at a remote Arctic radar station in Canada's northern Nunavut territory, prompting an investigation into the rare fatal attack. The employee, who has not been named ...