A 24-year-old woman and her one-year-old son have been identified as the victims of a fatal polar bear attack in the remote Alaskan village of Wales.
A mother and son killed by a polar bear in a remote village in western Alaska were unable to see the attack coming due to low visibility in a snowstorm, officials have said.
The pair made it just beyond the front entrance of the school in Wales, Alaska, just below the Arctic Circle, when the polar bear, which was camouflaged by the blizzard, emerged and mauled them. The headteacher then ordered a lockdown and closed the blinds so the children couldn't see the attack unfold.
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