Thomas William Kingosak always carries a rifle during whale hunts to use in case a polar bear attacks. Polar bears have been known to approach hunting camps in search of food. Bowhead whales are ...

His goal is not just to introduce us to the Inupiat Eskimos of northern Alaska and their whale ... the hunt's bounty, as well as the ubiquitous dangers: one man was killed by a polar bear while ...

The largest living species of bear and the largest land carnivore, the polar ... typically hunt other animals in their arctic ...