cant even imagine camping out in polar bear country- we see stories about Eskimos having their igloos torn apart and killed by the bears fairly often- (though not so much anymore). For that matter- can’t imagine camping out in cougar territory either, or grizzly country- either.
We’ve camped in areas of Wyoming where there are grizzlies. The Forest Service requires hard shell campers/RV’s. That is, no tents.
We were going to camp in one of those places once and a section of that campground was closed off. The reason was a mommy and a couple of cubs were roaming in that area.
A person would need some heavy duty fire power in case a bear decided to open up a camper like a sardine can.
There’s a real life (not one of those fake reality shows) show called “The Last Alaskans”. It chronicles the everyday lives of real people living in the Alaskan wilderness. They are basically hunters and trappers living in log homes they built with materials on site. Bears are a major problem for them.
Stay out of the bars where cougars congregate, and you can mostly avoid that problem.