A 1,000 pound polar bear was rescued from a fishing net in Alaska. Author: Susan Wyatt and KING 5 News (KING) Published: 12:21 PM PDT September 6, 2015 ...

Polar Bear in Fishing Net. ... Looking at Kazlowski's heartwarming images of the polar bear tumbling in the freezing snow, it is easy to forget it is one of nature's most powerful hunters.

A 31-year-old Canadian man hailed as a hero was killed Tuesday while protecting his children from a polar bear in a popular Canadian fishing and hunting spot. Aaron Gibbons was on Sentry Island ...

How do you rescue a 1,000 pound polar bear caught in a fishing line? (unsurprisingly, the answer is VERY carefully) The male polar bear became wrapped up in the fishing net while on the island ...

The large male polar bear got stuck in a net on a small barrier island near the North Slope village of Kaktovik Saturday evening, said the U.S. Geological Survey in a Facebook post Sunday.

Bear encounters in the Arctic were also a sure bet. During our first year on the North Slope, in the tiny village of Point Lay, there was a man-eating polar bear I tracked and killed one December ...

In a rare attack, a polar bear killed a woman and her 1-year-old in an Alaska village; it also tried to get into a school before it was killed, authorities said.

Please. Stop hunting polar bears.” According to local regulations, tourists are not permitted to get close to hunters — including polar bear hunters. “Please respect Inuit subsistence hunting, fishing ...

Polar Bear in Fishing Net (barcroft media) View gallery. This is the amazing moment a bored polar bear began rolling around and playing with a fishing net in the snow.