When Jon Sigurdsson from Hafnarfjordur in Iceland was travelling in northern Labrador earlier this week, he captured a sight on his camera he thought he would never see — a mother polar bear fighting a black bear.

Sigurdsson described the encounter as remarkable and unexpected. He had been travelling down from Baffin Island into the Torngat Mountains with others on an expedition, and told CBC they had been seeing plenty of polar bears.

But on Tuesday, they saw a mother and her cub on the shore eating a seal.

"This was quite enjoyable to witness. We kept a good distance. And all of a sudden we saw another mother and cub, also polar bears," said Sigurdsson.

"And they approached and there was a little fight between the mothers, but apparently there was enough of seal."

Two pairs of mothe

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