It was a local guide, who takes tourists to observe polar bears in their natural environment, who first noticed movement in the water.
A polar bear was stuck in a fishing net and was about to drown.
Instead of standing by and watching, the Alaskan Inuit launched a rescue operation.
Row towards the polar bear
– My mother and father went by boat, and the guide Roland Warrior, who also owned the fishing net, went out in his own boat, Flora Rexford said. Fox 4.
Here, Roland Warrior has brought the polar bear to the boat and is ready to take him ashore.
Photo: Screenshot / Your Alaska link
With the help of the boats, they got to the polar bear and tied a rope to it.
– They helped rescue the bear and brought it ashore, where they rolled it onto the beach, Rexford told FOX 4.
There, they took the polar bear out of the net, and it escaped in terror.
Many people on social media are reacting with great commitment to saving the bear.
Many write: “Thank you for this selfless act.”
Another wrote: “Bless you for saving this beautiful bear. There are so few left because of climate change. »
In this link you can watch a video of the rescue operation (NRK is not responsible for the content of external links).
Inuit are allowed to hunt
The polar bear lives in coastal areas of the Arctic regions around the North Pole where sea ice is found, notably in areas around Svalbard, Greenland, Alaska and Canada.
according to Great Norwegian lexicon This is the total population of 20,000 people in the world today, 5,000 of whom live on Svalbard.
In 1973, the polar bear was fully protected, but the indigenous people of Alaska, Canada and Greenland were allowed to hunt the polar bear.
Published
09/27/2015, at 6:52 p.m.
