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An employee who worked at a remote Arctic radar station in Canada’s northern Nunavut territory was killed by polar bears, according to company officials. One of the bears was later killed. The unusual attack happened on August 9 at a work site owned by logistics company Nasittuq Corporation on Brevoort Island, nearly 1,200 miles (1,900 kilometers) northeast of Montreal. “An attack by two polar bears has resulted in the loss of one of our valued employees,” the company said in a statement. “Nasittuq employees responded to the scene and one of the animals was put down.” Nasittuq is a logistics c…

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