Christopher Best , a 34-year-old amateur photographer from Labrador, Canada, was tragically killed by two polar bears on August 8, 2024, at an Arctic radar site on Brevoort Island. Best, who had been working at the site for only two days, ventured outside to photograph the bears despite clear warning signs and advice to remain indoors.

Best had taken photos of a bear earlier and asked a wildlife monitor to inform him when bears were nearby so he could capture more images. On the day of the incident, he was alerted to a bear's presence and went outside, believing he was at a safe distance. However, according to a report by his employer, the Nasittuq Corporation, he was unaware of a second bear that cut off his escape route and attacked him . Surveillance footage showed the second bear

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