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Alaska State Troopers say a polar bear has attacked and killed two people in a remote western Alaska village.

Alaska State Troopers say a polar bear has attacked and killed two people in a remote western Alaska village.

The bear was shot and killed by a local resident as it attacked the pair, Alaska state troopers said.

A polar bear has attacked and killed two people in a remote village in western Alaska, according to state troopers.

A 24-year-old woman and her 1-year-old son were identified Wednesday as the victim of a fatal polar bear attack.

Alaska State Troopers say a polar bear has attacked and killed two people in a remote western Alaska village.

The Arctic Sounder - Serving the Northwest Arctic and the North Slope

When a creature mysteriously turns up dead in Alaska—be it a sea otter, polar bear, or humpback whale—veterinary pathologist Kathy Burek gets the call. Her necropsies reveal cause of death and causes for concern as climate change frees up new pathogens and other dangers in a vast, thawing north.

Warming soils beneath this northern Alaska community are triggering erosion that threatens homes, infrastructure and cultural resources

Work to defend Utqiagvik from permafrost thaw and related erosion risks range from simple sand berms to a planned 5-mile revetment.