
Polar bear hitches ride on iceberg, visits coastal Newfoundland town
ST. ANTHONY, N.L. — Mother Nature came through in a big way to help cap off an annual Newfoundland iceberg festival.
The icebergs and pack ice moved in, bringing with them a special visitor — a polar bear.
After people donned costumes for the polar bear dip Sunday morning in the community of Raleigh, a real polar bear came ashore that evening in nearby St. Lunaire-Griquet on Newfoundland’s Great Northern Peninsula.
Thresa Burden, who lives in the town, said the healthy-looking bear wandered curiously near some sheds along the shoreline, garnering an audience.