But when the polar bear spotted Kaernerk looking around the corner, it quickly left what it had been eating. "As I watched the polar bear about to attack her, I struggled a little but tried to get up," he said. The polar bear attacked Kaernerk three times in between attacking the other two. Although polar bear attacks are rare in Nunavut, there have been deadly 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.

Source: CBC News August 17, 2021 18:25 UTC