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Polar bears are a key draw for people embarking on sailings to Norwegian-ruled archipelago Svalbard, as they can be observed in their natural Arctic habit. But concerns about interference from humans ...

Polar bears were once hunted freely across Svalbard but since an international protection agreement in 1976, the population here has slowly recovered.