According to the U.S. Library of Congress, the largest bear species on the planet is the polar bear. However, per the source, a Kodiak bear is likewise considered bigger in other respects.

The polar bears near Churchill, Manitoba -- a town in central Canada along the Hudson Bay considered to be the polar bear capital of the world -- are the world's most studied sub population ...

For Van Nest, the provincial officer, the group he came upon that day was plenty safe from a bear about 300 yards (meters) away. He said the bear was “putting on a bit of a show” for the tourists.

As temperatures warm, and ice melts, polar bears are dying at an increasing rate. Once thriving, polar bears have become a vulnerable species with just an estimated 22,000 to 31,000 individuals left.

In other words, the video was not real. The @mysticwild TikTok account originally posted the it on Nov. 10, 2024, with the caption: "A Cute Polar Bear Rescued #polarbear." ...

To learn more about the process, the biologists placed cameras outside 13 known polar bear den sites in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago at the intersection of the Atlantic and Arctic oceans ...

While polar bears are considered a marine mammal and spend most of their life on drifting sea ice, Visit Svalbard advises visitors to be prepared to encounter a polar bear anywhere in Svalbard.