The Inupiaq name for Wales is "Kingigin, named for the mountain that rises above it," the group notes. In Alaska's recent history, fatal polar bear attacks have been rare. A polar bear killed a ...

Wales is a small, predominantly Inupiaq town of about 150 people, just over 100 miles (161 kilometers) northwest of Nome. Fatal polar bear attacks have been rare in Alaska's recent history.

Wales is on the coast of western Alaska and has a population of 168, according to the US Census. Reports of polar bear attacks on humans are extremely rare, a 2017 study published by The Wildlife ...

Last month, a polar bear killed a woman and her 1-year-old child in Alaska ... "key factors" that influenced the attack, Mangipane said. The bear in the Wales attack was an adult male in "poor ...

Wales is a small, predominantly Inupiaq town of about 150 people, just over 100 miles (161 kilometers) northwest of Nome. Fatal polar bear attacks have been rare in Alaska’s recent history.

The last fatal polar bear encounter in Alaska was in 1990 ... ice hunting seals and doing their thing." The attack occurred near the school in Wales. Poor weather and a lack of runway lights ...

Wales is the westernmost community in North ... question of how to move on from this tragedy. The last fatal polar bear attack in Alaska was in Point Lay, 30 years ago, so it’s been hard to ...

A polar bear killed a mother and baby in Wales, Alaska, earlier this week. The remote community is raising money for the memorial of the deceased. The attack was Alaska's first fatal polar-bear ...

It was the first fatal polar bear attack in Alaska in three decades ... without authorization unless necessary for human safety. Wales, a whaling village of about 160 people, is located about ...

The last fatal polar bear encounter in Alaska was in 1990 ... and wildlife officials from making it to Wales on Tuesday after the polar bear attack. Attempts were being made again Wednesday.

The polar bear was shot and killed by a local resident during the fatal attack in Wales, a small village in western Alaska, officials said. By Amanda Holpuch A polar bear killed a woman and her ...