Polar Bear in Arctic Village

There have been sightings of a polar bear in the area the past few days. People flying over the area have kept the village updated on the location of the bear and today it was sighted at the dump just outside of town! Fish and Game have been flying over all evening in a helicopter. We are not sure if they will try to capture and relocate it or if they will have to kill it. We had planned to make a dump run today...but I guess that will have to wait. Having a polar bear in Arctic Village is very unusual. We are on the South side of the Brooks Range. There are miles and miles of mountains separating us from the coast. Pretty crazy stuff! ~Gretchen