A polar bear attacked and killed a woman and boy in Wales, Alaska, authorities said. A resident then shot and killed the bear. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages ...

Wales is a small, predominantly Inupiaq town of about 150 people, just over 100 miles (161 kilometers) northwest of Nome. Fatal polar bear attacks have been rare in Alaska's recent history.

The view from the front of the school in Wales, Alaska, where a 24-year-old woman and her 1-year-old son were killed in an encounter with a polar bear on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023, is seen in this ...

FILE - A walkway leading into the school in Wales, Alaska, where a 24-year-old woman and her 1-year-old son were killed in an encounter with a polar bear, Jan. 17, 2023.

A woman and boy were killed by a polar bear that had been chasing ... after entering the western Alaska town of Wales before attacking ... we documented 73 attacks by wild polar ...

A woman and her 1-year-old son were recently mauled to death by a polar bear in an ultra-rare attack in Alaska. A new report sheds some light on why the tragic event occurred.

WALES, Alaska — A polar bear has attacked and killed two people in a remote village in western Alaska, according to state troopers. Alaska State Troopers said they received the report of the ...

The last fatal polar bear attack in Alaska was in Point Lay, 30 years ago, so it’s been hard to see the way forward — just as it was on Jan. 17, when windstorms whipped up whiteout conditions ...

There have been few polar bear attacks in Alaska. In 1990 , a polar bear killed a 28-year-old man who had been walking with his girlfriend early in the morning in Point Lay, about 300 miles north ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A polar bear that killed a young mother and her baby last month in western Alaska was likely an older animal in poor physical condition, but tests came back negative for ...