Terry Reedy wrote:
For the most part, there are no bears within a mile of the North Pole either. "they are rare north of 88°" (ie, 140 miles from pole).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_bears They mostly hunt in or near open water, near the coastlines.
The way things are going, the coastline might be within a mile of the north pole quite soon. -- Greg -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list