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I DON’T feel comfortable lying inches away from this polar bear, watching as its eyelids flicker and ice crystals dance on its breath. A helicopter pilot and mechanic stand behind me, flare pistol and rifle at the ready.
When the bear opens an eye, I leap backwards and my heart races. But Jon Aars and Magnus Andersen of the Norwegian Polar Institute assure me that I’m quite safe.
Institute scientists have been tagging the endangered bears every…
