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"But as the Arctic ice continues to shrink, bears are arriving in poorer condition and are staying longer, even as the number of tourists increases. Interaction between bears and humans is becoming more common, as it has in other parts of the Arctic, exposing the polar bears to more stress and the people to more danger."

The bears that come here are climate refugees, on land because the sea ice they rely on for hunting seals is receding.
nytimes.com|By Erica Goode