Doomed? Don't You Believe It ; (1) They're Said to Be Dying Out Due to Global Warming. But in This Arctic Town, Polar Bears Are so Plentiful They Roam the Streets and Locals Say the World's Being Conned by Green Scaremongers(2) It's the Photo That Became a Symbol of Global Warming: Polar Bears Stranded On a Melting Ice-Floe in Mid-Winter. The Truth? It Was Taken in Summer

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WHEN you're up above the Arctic Circle, on the trail of polar bears who haven't eaten a square meal in months, it's advisable to follow a few basic rules. Number one, as perishing cold as you may be, is don't drink too much coffee.

Unfortunately, as an incurable caffeine addict, wildlife documentary maker Nigel Marven can't adhere to this great unwritten imperative while filming his latest series out on the frozen North Canadian tundra.

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Doomed? Don't You Believe It ; (1) They're Said to Be Dying Out Due to Global Warming. But in This Arctic Town, Polar Bears Are so Plentiful They Roam the Streets and Locals Say the World's Being Conned by Green Scaremongers(2) It's the Photo That Became a Symbol of Global Warming: Polar Bears Stranded On a Melting Ice-Floe in Mid-Winter. The Truth? It Was Taken in Summer

As a result, I find myself peering anxiously from the safety of a frostencrusted Jeep, wondering whether I am

BELIEVE about to witness the moment that Nigel becomes his star performer's lunch.

Polar bears, you see, have an acute sense of smell which helps them to track down prey up to 60 miles away.

Normally, they use it to sniff out seal pups or Arctic foxes, but when the call of nature forces Nigel to venture out on to the ice (coffee being a diuretic), one keen-nosed 1,200-pounder scents the unusual smells of coffee.

Unseasonably warm weather has left the huge male bear stranded for almost four months, far fro...

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