Alysa McCall, staff scientist and director of conservation outreach at Polar Bears International, said that when polar bears spend more time on land, they get hungrier and come into communities.
“This is not safe for communities or for polar bears,” she said.
“That’s one thing we’re really focusing on during Polar Bear Week is furthering this human-polar bear coexistence, looking for solutions and help that we can offer communities around the Arctic.”