Worker Killed by Polar Bears Was Taking Pictures at Remote Job Site in Nunavut, Company Says

Worker Killed by Polar Bears Was Taking Pictures at Remote Job Site in Nunavut, Company Says
A polar bear sits on the Hudson Bay outside Churchill, Man., on Nov. 15, 2007. Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images
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The company of deceased worker Christopher Best says he was taking photographs of a polar bear at a remote worksite in Nunavut when he was attacked and killed by a pair of bears last year.

Best, 34, was working at a radar site on Brevoort Island, Nunavut, when he was killed Aug. 8 of last year after being attacked by two polar bears. His death followed seven decades with no known injuries or deaths from bears, according to a report issued by his employer Nasittuq Corporation, which runs North Warning System radar sites from the east of Labrador to the Yukon.