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Collision course: polar bears forced into people’s path by climate crisis
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Recent encounters – one fatal – in Canada highlight how sea ice changes have disrupted Arctic predator’s search for food
John Ussak was tending to his fishing nets outside the Arctic hamlet of Rankin Inlet when a friend warned a polar bear had been spotted in the area.
The next day, Ussak’s wife spotted the lone bear nearly a mile from their nets. Worried the bear was stalking a popular summer fishing spot, Ussak approached it and fired a volley of warning shots. But the predator seemed unfazed.
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