Techs on sites such as this are usually forbidden to carry guns or bear spray.
Bear spray doesn’t work well in extreme cold.
However, in this case, the propaganda had been so effective on this young man, he dismissed the potential of bears seeing him as lunch.
Canada. They would rather you were dead than able to protect yourself. Bears are less dangerous than bureaucrats. Bears kill you for food. Bureaucrats will do it for fun.
Another victory for gun control.