Among other things, it is changes in nature around Svalbard that have made polar bear contacts increasingly frequent.
- There are much more meeting points between humans and polar bears nowadays because the sea ice has retreated extremely much there, says Tom Arnbom.
Even in Russia, encounters with polar bears are becoming more common.
It is often the search for food in the form of garbage that attracts people to places where people are.
- 99 percent of the time it is about hunger. It's looking for food. It does not prefer people, but it can go wrong.