Three people are recovering after being attacked by a polar bear in Sanirajak, Nunavut, on Tuesday. Local RCMP said in a news release Wednesday that they were dispatched that afternoon around 2:25 p.m. local time after a report of a polar bear attack near cabins south of the former Distant Early Warning Line site. Although polar bear attacks are rare in Nunavut, there have been fatal encounters with bears in recent years. In 2018, 31-year-old Aaron Gibbons was killed by a polar bear outside Arviat, while protecting his children. That same summer, 33-year-old Darryl Kaunak was killed outside Naujaat while out hunting with two others.

Source: CBC News August 11, 2021 16:21 UTC