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Polar bear spotted around Iqaluit-area park

Nunavut wildlife officials are warning people in Iqaluit to be on the lookout for a polar bear that has been spotted in a park outside the city.

Nunavut wildlife officials are warning people in Iqaluit to be on the lookout for a polar bear that has been spottedaround a park outside the city.

Local conservation officers said they received a report Tuesday morning about a bear that was seenin the vicinity of Qaummaarviit Territorial Park near Iqaluit.

"Myself and another officer did a 2-hour boat patrol, then we dida foot patrol of the park and also drove around, and [there was] no sighting of a bear," conservation officer Steve Levesque told CBC News on Tuesday afternoon.

As a precaution, Levesque said the public should be very carefulwhile going out on the land,including around places like the Qaummaarviit and Sylvia Grinnell territorial parks.