# @outdoor_life on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMHJnUtt-xF
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32535689-outdoor-life-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-07-15T02:30:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Outdoor Life (@outdoor_life) — https://gondola.cc/outdoor_life

## Caption

When a polar bear breaks into a research camp in the Northwest Territories, it mauls a puppy and two men.⁠
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"I spread my arms as wide as I could and yelled at the top of my voice. The bear leaped for me as if a spring had been released. On the way he brushed the tent, ripped up its stakes, and tore a big rent in the canvas. Then he was on me. He didn’t rear erect or use a fore­ paw to belt me down. Instead he seemed to push me over with his weight. Almost before I knew what was happening, I was on the ground and he was standing over me. He grabbed me by the head, and I felt myself being dragged along on the ground. Far worse, I felt his teeth raking my scalp.” — John Legault⁠
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This story, “In the Jaws of the White Bear,” appeared in the April 1976 issue of Outdoor Life.⁠
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#outdoors #polarbear #bearattack #polarbears #geologicalsurvey #northwestterritories #outdoorlife⁠
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Illustration by: Gil Cohen⁠
Story by: John Legault

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outdoors, polarbears, northwestterritories, polarbear, geologicalsurvey, outdoorlife, bearattack

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