A CH-149 Cormorant search and rescue helicopter was damaged earlier this month by what appears to have been a puzzled polar bear. A polar bear walks along an ice floe in the Franklin Strait in the Northwest Passage on July 23, 2007. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press)Search and rescue personnel are more accustomed to the hazards posed by polar bears when they operate out of Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. A Canadian airforce search and rescue helicopter was damaged recently by a polar bear during a training exercise. The Cormorant helicopter was participating in a northern search and rescue exercise.

Source: CBC News September 30, 2020 17:55 UTC