A rare look at a polar bear being chased by a wolf in Canada

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British Wildlife photographer Russell Millner captured the astounding chase between a polar bear and a wolf at Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge on the Hudson Bay coast in Canada.

A polar bear being chased by a wolf over the vase snowfield. /VCG Photo

The wolf is chasing after the polar bear in the snow. /VCG Photo

The wolf and the polar bear appear to be at a stalemate. /VCG Photo

The wolf prepares to launch an attack against the polar bear. /VCG Photo

The polar bear and the wolf stand nose to nose. /VCG Photo

The wolf in the snow. /VCG Photo

Polar bears are generally considered apex predators and rarely afraid of any animals in the Arctic region. However, this wolf seems to have the guts to fight the polar bear and defend its territory.

Although this is a rare scene, scientists have seen evidence of a pack of wolves hunting polar bear cubs before by tracing their tracks in the snow. Normally, some wolves would distract the mother polar bear away from the den, while another takes the cub away.