Greenland and Canada have agreed to work together to co-manage their joint polar bear population. Read the full story

The main issue on the agenda of the upcoming 5-nation conference on Arctic warming will be how to protect the polar bear as its natural environment slowly melts away. Denmark (for Greenland), Norway, the US, Russia, and Canada have decided to hold discussions behind closed doors due to the sensitive nature of the issue. Read the full story

A specialist working group convened by Environment Minister Thorunn Sveinbjarnardottir has come to the conclusion that there is no reason why polar bears that step foot on Iceland should not be shot if this is thought necessary. The conclusion is interesting in the light of discussion that the bears are in danger of extinction because of climate change, as melting ice threatens their territory – the ice throes of the north. Read the full story

The Icelandic coast guard in cooperation with local authorities have been searching for the two Polar bears sighted in the Hornstrandir area. The police got an report of a possible Polar beer sighting at around 21:00 last night.

Because of the number of tourist traveling around the area the local police in cooperation with the coast guard and the local district commissioner have been on the look out and securing the area, after searching from air to 02:30 the search was called of and authorities believe that this was not an actual sighting.

MBL.is reports