- Manitoba - Paulosie Meeko, 19, a vocational student in
Churchill was attacked in town on November 17, 1968. Meeko died
shortly after.
- Northwest Territories - On January 5, 1975, Richard
Michael Pernitzky, 18, was killed at an oil exploration site in
the Mackenzie River delta. When Pernitzky failed to return to his
living quarters a search found a polar bear clutching his remains
300 yards from camp. The bear was later hunted down and
killed, and had 3 metal tags in his ears indicating it had been
removed from civilization 3 times previously.
- Manitoba - Thomas Mutanen, 46, was attacked and killed
on the streets of Chruchill on November 29, 1983
- Alaska - Carl Stalker was attacked and eaten in the
middle of Point Lay Alaska on December 8, 1990 after the bear
chased Stalker and his girlfriend through town. The bear was shot
and killed as it stood over the body.
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Nunavut - Hattie Amitnak, 60, was killed July 9, 1999 while
trying to distract a bear that had attacked other members in the
Hudson Bay Camp she was at with family members.
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