This attack was especially rare because it occurred during the winter, when there is typically more ice. During this time of year, polar bears are usually out on the ice, away from people.

Geoff York, senior director of conservation at Polar Bears International and an expert on human-polar bear coexistence, previously told Newsweek: "This was in that window where historically people would feel pretty safe. So clearly as these changes are occurring in the ecosystem and with the sea ice in these regions, it's becoming a lot more dynamic.

"Over the summer, the bears spread out along the coast and inland but right now they're all starting to slowly move toward the coast, getting ready in anticipation for that ice coming back," Alysa McCall, director of conservation outreach and a staff scientist at Polar Bears International, told Newsweek.v

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