With one foot braced on the helicopter's landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquilizer ...

With one foot braced on the helicopter's landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim and fired a tranquilizer ...

The dramatic pursuit formed part of a pioneering research mission in Norway's Svalbard archipelago ... the head of the Svalbard polar bear program, told AFP. "If they have very little sea ice ...

1 of 12 A polar bear watches her cubs on the Hudson Bay in ... scattered across the top of the U.S., Canada, Greenland, Norway, and Russia. Four of these populations are considered to be declining.

Polar bears are great swimmers but they can’t outswim seals. So they hunt them on the Arctic sea ice, waiting for them to come up for air and then pouncing. But as the amount of sea ice decreases due ...

Svalbard in Norway "The idea is to show as accurately ... who cannot keep a collar on for more than a few minutes. A sedated female polar bear, next to its two cubs, is marked with a fade-away ...

Svalbard, Norway - With one foot braced on the helicopter's landing skid, a veterinarian lifted his air rifle, took aim, and fired a tranquilizer dart at a polar bear. The predator bolted but soon ...

The adventure tour operator will do Arctic sailings next year, cruising the region for the first time since 2019.

G Adventures has announced plans to double its small-ship portfolio and relaunch its Arctic polar program with further ...

The polar regions are cold, remote and off-putting, but there are thousands of polar words in English – and not just words for snow and ice.