He said the polar ... the boat gave the all-clear, he was glad to leave. "It was a beautiful day," he said. The Navy reported the damage to the Connecticut was minor. "Rear rudders of U.S ...

In November 1901, the zoo took ownership of another bear, purchased from a German wild-animal merchant called Hagenbeck. When the zoo wasn’t buying polar bears ... foot seal boat and arranged ...

All of the outpost’s inhabitants were poisoned that year after eating polar bear meat contaminated with roundworms. The survivors were rescued by a German U-boat and the base abandoned.