Polar Bear Explained

The polar bear is a large bear native to the Arctic and nearby areas.

Polar Bear may also refer to:

Film

• The Polar Bear, a 1998 German film
• Polar Bears (film), a 2008 Nickelodeon television movie
• , a 2012 Canadian documentary
• Polar Bear (film), a 2022 Disneynature documentary

Music

Groups and labels

• Polar Bear (American band), a rock band from Los Angeles
• Polar Bear (British band), a jazz band
• Polar Bears (band), a rock band from northern California
• Snow Patrol or Polarbear, a Scottish alternative rock band

Albums

• Polar Bear (EP), a 1996 EP by the American band Polar Bear
• Polar Bear (album), a 2008 album by the British jazz band Polar Bear

Songs

• "Polar Bear", a 1990 song by Ride from Nowhere
• "Polar Bear", a song by Smile, later recorded by Queen
• "Polar Bear", a 2004 song by Therapy? from Never Apologise Never Explain

Transport

• Polar Bear (steam locomotive), a Bagnall locomotive built in 1905 for the Groudle Glen Railway
• Polar Bear (battery-electric locomotive), a Wingrove & Rogers locomotive built in 1921 for the Groudle Glen Railway
• Polar Bear (schooner), a ship purchased for the Canadian Arctic Expedition, 1913–1916

Other uses

• Polar Bears (play), a 2010 British play by Mark Haddon
• Polar Bear (cocktail)
• Polar Bear (furniture), a sofa and armchair designed in the 1940s
• Polar BEAR, a 1986 U.S. space mission
• POLARBEAR, a CMB polarimetry experiment in the Atacama Desert
• Polar-bearing or knockout game, an assault in which, one or more assailants attempt to knock out an unsuspecting victim
• Edese Zwem- & Poloclub Polar Bears, a Netherlands water polo team
• Polar Bear Expedition, a U.S. troop contingent 1918–19
• Polar Bear Pass, a pass on Bathurst Island, Nunavut, Canada
• 31st Infantry Regiment (United States), also known as Polar Bears
• Polar Bear, a nickname for Hugh Rowland in Ice Road Truckers
• Pete Alonso, American baseball player, nicknamed Polar Bear
• Polar Bear, a white-bearded or gray-bearded member of the Bear community in gay culture
• Polar Bear Memorial, a commemorative bear sculpture at White Chapel Memorial Cemetery in Troy, Michigan
• Bowdoin Polar Bears, the athletic teams representing Bowdoin College in the US state of Maine
• 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division, also known as The Polar Bears

See also

• HMS Protector (A173) or Polarbjørn, a research ship and icebreaker
• L'Ours Blanc, a marble sculpture of a polar bear by François Pompon
• Polar bear plunge, a type of fundraiser