Polar bears don’t often show up in Southern or Western Greenland any more, but this year has been an exception. Only yesterday, two appeared near Nuuk, Greenland’s capital. And according to Aleqa ...

Inuit hunter Hjelmer Hammeken spotted a ringed seal near its breathing hole on the Greenland ice. In his white camouflage, he slowly crept towards it then lay down in the snow and waited. When the ...

In East Greenland, more and more polar bears are being killed in self-defense as the loss of their sea ice habitat pushes towards communities, where the predators pose a real threat to humans. In ...

Last week, a polar bear attacked a German researcher in East Greenland. The researcher, part of a team on Traill Island, encountered the bear on Friday morning. According to Greenland police, no one ...

A year of record warm temperatures and lower than normal sea ice has led to more polar bears than ever entering Greenland's communities. A year of record warm temperatures and lower than normal sea ...

Hammeken is a legend in Greenland, its greatest polar bear hunter. AFP followed him and other professional Inuit hunters for several days during the hunting season. He killed seven this year to add to ...

A polar bear was sighted in a remote Icelandic village earlier this week. However, police shot it dead perceiving it a threat to humans. As per the Associated Press, the bear was killed Thursday ...

Icebreaker vessels are important scientific tools, enabling access and research within the polar regions of the world, including the High Arctic. These vessels have the potential to overlap with ...

LONDON — A rare polar bear that was spotted outside a cottage in a remote village in Iceland was shot by police after being considered a threat, authorities said Friday. The bear was killed Thursday ...