Polar bears are the world's largest land carnivore, but attacks on humans are extremely uncommon – only 73 were recorded between 1870 and 2014, in Canada, Greenland, Norway, Russia and the US.

The polar and cold regions comprise the Arctic, Antarctica, high altitude areas, as well as the global permafrost regions. Even though they are only sparsely populated, the polar and cold regions play ...

Baldwin was an experienced polar explorer who knew very well what could be useful in the Arctic. "Baldwin earlier had wintered on Franz Josef Land with Wellman. He knew they would need kayaks to ...

Polar bears are the planet’s biggest land-based carnivores – although they actually spend most of their lives around water and ice (their Latin name means ‘sea bear’). So they’re at particular risk ...