A young polar bear (Ursus maritimus) scavenging a fresh bearded seal kill recently vacated by old male that killed the seal, Svalbard, Norway

A well-scarred old male polar bear (Ursus maritimus), on a fresh bearded seal kill near Monacobreen Glacier, Svalbard, Norway

Two young polar bears (Ursus maritimus), feeding side-by-side on a fresh bearded seal kill on Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

Young polar bear (Ursus maritimus), feeding on a fresh bearded seal kill near Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway

A young polar bear (Ursus maritimus) scavenging a fresh bearded seal kill recently vacated by old male that killed the seal, Svalbard, Norway

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) adult and cub hunting, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) adult and cub hunting, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) adults and cub hunting, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) adult with seal kill. Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Local inuit man, in freezer house pointing to Polar Bear skins. Kangiqsujuaq, Quebec, Nunavik, Canada, North America .Everything from Arctic Char (fish) to Reindeer, Polarbear and whale meat is stored in the freezer house, in which certain town members can access and store hunted foods and skins. Polar bears often come into the local communities, if one is a persistent threat, they will kill it. Individuals can also hunt polar bears on quota.

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) adult hunting, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) adults and cub hunting, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) adult on snow, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) adult and cub hunting, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) adult and cub hunting, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) adults and cub hunting, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) adult and cub hunting, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) adult and cub hunting, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) adult on snow, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) adult and cub hunting, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) adult and cub swimming. Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) adult and cub hunting, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) adult and cub hunting, Monacobreen Glacier, Spitsbergen in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

Polar bear floating on ice floe in ocean

Female Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) dragging a Ringed seal (Pusa hispida or phoca hispida) and accompanied by one cub, Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway

Male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with a seal prey, Svalbard Archipelago, Barents Sea, Norway, Arctic

Fur of a hunted polar bear hanging over wooden frame, hunting, Tiniteqilaaq, Tasilaq, Greenland, Denmark, North America

Harvesting a seal from a trap underneath the sea ice. Inuit hunter wearing traditional trousers and boots made from polar bear fur, Melville Bay near Kullorsuaq in North Greenland. North America, danish teritorry

Fur of a polar bear. Hunting is strictly regulated and only for personal use of the locals. The traditional and remote greenlandic inuit village Kullorsuaq, Melville Bay, part of Baffin Bay. America, North America, Greenland, Danish territory

Harvesting a seal from a trap underneath the sea ice. Inuit hunter wearing traditional trousers and boots made from polar bear fur, Melville Bay near Kullorsuaq in North Greenland. North America, danish teritorry

Harvesting a seal from a trap underneath the sea ice. Inuit hunter wearing traditional trousers and boots made from polar bear fur, Melville Bay near Kullorsuaq in North Greenland. North America, danish teritorry

Watching a breathing hole of a seal. Inuit hunter wearing traditional trousers and boots made from polar bear fur on the sea ice of the Melville Bay near Kullorsuaq in North Greenland. North America, danish teritorry

Inuit hunter wearing traditional trousers and boots made from polar bear fur on the sea ice of the Melville Bay near Kullorsuaq in North Greenland. North America, danish teritorry

Watching a breathing hole of a seal. Inuit hunter wearing traditional trousers and boots made from polar bear fur on the sea ice of the Melville Bay near Kullorsuaq in North Greenland. North America, danish teritorry

Harvesting a seal from a trap underneath the sea ice. Inuit hunter wearing traditional trousers and boots made from polar bear fur, Melville Bay near Kullorsuaq in North Greenland. North America, danish teritorry

Harvesting a seal from a trap underneath the sea ice. Inuit hunter wearing traditional trousers and boots made from polar bear fur, Melville Bay near Kullorsuaq in North Greenland. North America, danish teritorry

Harvesting a seal from a trap underneath the sea ice. Inuit hunter wearing traditional trousers and boots made from polar bear fur, Melville Bay near Kullorsuaq in North Greenland. North America, danish teritorry

Fur of a polar bear. Hunting is strictly regulated and only for personal use of the locals. The traditional and remote greenlandic inuit village Kullorsuaq, Melville Bay, part of Baffin Bay. America, North America, Greenland, Danish territory

Harvesting a seal from a trap underneath the sea ice. Inuit hunter wearing traditional trousers and boots made from polar bear fur, Melville Bay near Kullorsuaq in North Greenland. North America, danish teritorry

Harvesting a seal from a trap underneath the sea ice. Inuit hunter wearing traditional trousers and boots made from polar bear fur, Melville Bay near Kullorsuaq in North Greenland. North America, danish teritorry

Harvesting a seal from a trap underneath the sea ice. Inuit hunter wearing traditional trousers and boots made from polar bear fur, Melville Bay near Kullorsuaq in North Greenland. North America, danish teritorry

Inuit hunter wearing traditional trousers and boots made from polar bear fur on the sea ice of the Melville Bay near Kullorsuaq in North Greenland. North America, danish teritorry

Fur of a polar bear. Hunting is strictly regulated and only for personal use of the locals. The traditional and remote greenlandic inuit village Kullorsuaq, Melville Bay, part of Baffin Bay. America, North America, Greenland, Danish territory

Two men inside an igloo while on a polar bear hunt.

Building an igloo while on a polar bear hunt.

A polar bear jaw dries in the high arctic sun awaiting the foreign hunter who took it during a paid hunt.

Polar Bear Hunt, Nunavut. Hunters shot 3 caribou on the way out, skinning them. Two hunters were trying to get the bear first.

Two men inside an igloo while on a polar bear hunt.

Portrait of Inuit hunter, Daniel Quanatsiag, during polar bear hunt, Nunavut, Canada.

The hunter is Paul Nagmalik, age 22. Paul drew the tag to go on a polar bear hunt out of Igloolik. Paul told me he was anxious to make a future as a hunter.

Portrait of a polar bear hunter.

Building an igloo while on a polar bear hunt.

Building an igloo while on a polar bear hunt.

Building an igloo while on a polar bear hunt.

Polar Bear( Ursus maritimus ) near by the bones pile, carcass of Bow whales hunt by the villagers, along a barrier island outside Kaktovik, Every fall, polar bears (Ursus maritimus) gather near Kaktovik on the northern edge of ANWR, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) female on rock with a seal in the mouth, Raudfjord, Spitsbergen

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on shore and walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) in the water, Smeerenburg, Amsterdam Island, Svalbard, Arctic.

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on shore and walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) in the water, Smeerenburg, Amsterdamoya, Svalbard, Arctic.