A worker at a remote work site in the Canadian Arctic was recently attacked and killed by a pair of polar bears.
The unidentified staffer with logistics company Nasittuq Corporation was killed Thursday at the company’s location on Brevoort Island in Canada’s far northeastern Nunavut region.
“Nasittuq employees responded to the scene and one of the animals was put down,” the company said.
“Our thoughts and prayers are with the family, friends, and colleagues affected by this loss,” the company added.
The Brevoort Island outpost is one of several North Warning Systems locations in Canada’s far north, CBS News reported.
The radar coverage spans over 3,100 miles from Alaska to Labrador, and creates surveillance against aircraft or cruise-missile attacks.
The Brevoort Island attack was at least the second fatal polar bear incident since 2023.
In January 2023, a polar bear killed a woman and her young son in Wales, Alaska, after chasing multiple residents around the village.
The bear was eventually shot and killed by another local.
That tragedy was the first fatal polar bear attack in the state since 1990, when a man was killed in the village of Point Lay.
