This is the first time that such a long swim has been documented by satellite telemetry for polar bears. A sensor on the bear's collar sent different signals when it was in salty sea water compared to ...

The Olcott Lions Club has hosted the annual Polar Bear Swim for Sight for over 56-years now. "Swimmers and spectators come together to spend a day enjoying the beauty of the southern shores of ...

A March-time polar bear plunge is not only a freezing dip for a good cause, it’s also a signal that spring is almost upon us. Each year, hundreds of people line up along the shoars of Olcott ...

Czech cold-water swimmers have set a new world record for the largest polar bear dip. A total of 2,461 took part in the ...

ARKHANGELSK, September 13. /TASS/. Russian scientists who are currently besieged by polar bears at a weather station on the Troynoy island in the Kara Sea will be sent dogs for protection and also ...

The current polar bear population stands at 20,000-25,000 and some 5,000-7,000 inhabit the Russian Arctic. The Soviet Union banned polar bear hunting back in 1956. "The entire law enforcement ...

Emmanuel Rondeau / WWF-UK "I will never forget my 'first' polar bear. Today, it still drives ... in parts of Canada, Alaska, Russia, Greenland and Norway (Svalbard). They can walk on ice or swim long ...