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Reaching the North Pole was a fantasy of the ancients ... Once the two of them actually achieved their goal, they ate the polar bear they shot, first boiling the frozen meat.

Polar habitats are often cold, windy and covered in frozen snow and ice. At the top of the Earth is the North Pole, and at the bottom ... There it is! A polar bear! Its thick fur helps it to ...

London — A rare polar bear that was spotted outside ... the Icelandic Institute of Natural History. Many icebergs have been spotted off the north coast in the last few weeks.