A polar bear attacked and killed a woman and boy in Wales, Alaska, authorities said. ... Polar bear kills 2 people, a mother and son, in Alaska town before being shot, officials say.

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

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.

Alaska State Troopers said they received a call at 2:30 p.m. about a polar bear chasing “multiple” residents in the roughly 150 person city in the western coastal town of Wales, Alaska.

Wales – the westernmost town in both Alaska and the U.S., located on the Bering Strait coast – was seeing flooding in "low lying areas," the weather service reported.

WALES, Alaska — A polar bear has attacked and killed two people in a remote village in western Alaska, according to state troopers. Alaska State Troopers said they received the report of the ...

Polar bear kills 2 people, a mother and son, in Alaska town before being shot, officials say Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY Thu, January 19, 2023 at 11:23 AM UTC ...

WALES, Alaska — A polar bear chased residents of this small Alaskan town before attacking and killing a woman and a child, Alaskan state troopers said. Reports of the bear attack came in Tuesday ...

The bear chased "multiple" people before it was fatally shot by a resident during the attack in the town of Wales, which occurred around 2:30 p.m., according to a dispatch from the Alaska ...

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

The bear had chased residents after entering the western Alaska town of Wales before attacking the woman and boy, an Alaska State Troopers dispatch report said. Skip to content.

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.