Up in Svalbard/Spitsbergen, they have more polar bears than people.
When you get off the plane in Longyearbyen, they have rifle rental at the airport. Never leave town unarmed - even on the slopes overlooking the town. Any bear that comes anywhere near town is shot just as soon as possible.
People who are outside of town will put out trip flares at night, and bring dogs to stand guard.
Polar bears are much more dangerous than Grizzles. Grizzley bears will occasionally hunt humans as food - Polar bears will do so virtually every time the see or catch scent of a human. No other predator is as reliably aggressive toward humans as Polar bears, and they always want to take you as food.
No other predator is as reliably aggressive toward humans as Polar bears, and they always want to take you as food.
WOW!
Polar Dream : Heroic Saga of the First Solo Journey By a Woman and Her Dog to the Pole
A good read, not the flares or the gun, but the dog that kept the polar bears at bay.
Just one dog, many bears.
Flares scare Bearz?