U.S. icebreakers serve to clear passages through icy waterways. Their reinforced hulls are designed to break apart the ice, ...

A viral video posted by ABC News shows the terrifying moment a man narrowly escaped a charging polar bear in the Arctic wilderness. The footage captures the man sprinting toward a snowmobile with ...

A man luckily had a snowmobile nearby after coming face-to-face with a polar bear in the Arctic Circle over the weekend. On Sunday, April 27, the person noticed the animal running in his direction ...

A dramatic video captured a man fleeing a charging polar bear in Norway after dropping his gun and hopping onto a snowmobile. The incident reportedly unfolded in Pyramiden – an Arctic town in th ...

Some scientists have documented cases where polar bears will even partially submerge themselves in water ... polar bear hunting behavior in response to these changes. Some bears have been observed ...

But, Bodil noticed, polar bear fur did not freeze after getting wet. "I was very puzzled," she says. "When they go into the water and out again, why do they not get covered in ice?" The work could ...

But, Holst noticed, polar bear fur did not freeze after getting wet. “I was very puzzled,” she says. “When they go into the water and out again, why do they not get covered in ice?” The work could ...

During this period, the polar bear population in this region has declined by nearly 50 per cent. The monitoring data shows the average size of polar bears is also in decline. The body mass of ...

Still hunting frequently develops into an 'aquatic stalk' with the polar bear using its hind paws to slide into the water to pursue its prey, and the lower the ice adhesion, the less noise ...

(Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune) People cheer before entering the water during Chicago Polar Bear Club’s 24th annual Polar Plunge at Oak Street Beach. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune ...

(I’m) not a big fan of the cold water, but I am a big fan of the warm hearts of people here in Oakville.” Hundreds turned out for polar bear dips in Quebec, Nova Scotia and several other parts ...

Thousands of people braved frigid waters on New Year’s Day to participate in Polar Bear Swims around B.C. Crowds for the plunge in White Rock, which celebrated its 55th anniversary this year ...