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More wandering polar bears
Polar bears are spotted outside their normal ranges...
Published: 04.06.2008 13:04
A large polar bear was spotted in Þverárfjallsvegur road, a mountain road which lies between Saudárkrókur and Skagaströnd, in Iceland.

Þórarinn Leifsson, a farmer in Keldudalur, told RÚV he saw the the bear walking along the road on the mountain. Leifsson told RÚV that he did not dare to come closer than 100 metres to the bear in his car.

Leifsson called the police immediately. “It is not fun having it around in my outer hayfields” Leifsson told RÚV.

Polar bears are not commonly found in Iceland.

Once in a while, they swim to the coast from the drifting ice from Greenland. As there has been very little drift ice off the coast this winter this polar bear likely swam a very long distance to the north coast of Iceland.

Recently another wandering polar bear showed up in Newfoundland where it was spotted walking along a road.

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