It's little wonder their hunger has driven them to consider eating stray humans. We weren't naïve, of course, about the potential threat. I was fully aware that polar bears are among the very few ...

That was what (sort of) happened on Jan 4 at the PolarNight Marathon in Tromso, Norway, when a woman donning a polar bear costume finished the race in 4hr 58min 29sec. With her feat, Ms Gill Punt ...