A taxidermied polar bear and Arctic fox are seen at the Kings Bay AS service building and canteen in Ny-Aalesund, Svalbard, Norway, April 10, 2023. Ny-Aalesund has only about 35 year-round residents but, in summer, the population swells to more than 100 as scientists fly in from across the world to the town, where the daily life centers around its diversions - a sauna, a sled dog yard, and a weekly nighttime gathering called "Strikk og Drikk," or "Knit and Sip," during which residents stitch sweaters over a glass of wine. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner SEARCH "NIESNER ICE" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

An arctic fox digs through the town dump in St. George, Alaska, U.S., May 22, 2021. Picture taken May 22, 2021. REUTERS/Nathan Howard 

An arctic fox digs through the town dump in St. George, Alaska, U.S., May 22, 2021. Picture taken May 22, 2021. REUTERS/Nathan Howard 

U.S. marines from Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, part of the Marine Rotational Force - Europe, take part in "Reindeer 2" Norwegian-U.S. military drill in Setermoen, Norway, October 29, 2019. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov 

U.S. marines of Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, part of Marine Rotational Force - Europe take part in "Reindeer 2", a Norwegian-U.S. military drill, in Setermoen, Norway, October 29, 2019. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov SEARCH "NORWAY-RUSSIA BORDER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

U.S. marines from Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, part of Marine Rotational Force - Europe take part in "Reindeer 2", a Norwegian-U.S. military drill in Setermoen, Norway, October 29, 2019. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov SEARCH "NORWAY-RUSSIA BORDER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

U.S. marines of Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, part of Marine Rotational Force - Europe take part in "Reindeer 2", a Norwegian-U.S. military drill, in Setermoen, Norway, October 29, 2019. REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov SEARCH "NORWAY-RUSSIA BORDER" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. 

A worker feeds silver and polar foxes at the private farm in the village of Kholodny Kluch some 246 km (153 miles) southwest of Russian Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, October 19, 2011. The farm owner plans to increase his livestock of silver and polar foxes to retain his business affected by low prices for the fur, high taxation and farm's utility expenses. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: ANIMALS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURE) 

Sarah Van Hasselt of Belgium riding Arctic Fox Too waves to spectators after completing the course in the showjumping phase of the Eventing World Championship at the World Equestrian Games in Lexington, Kentucky, October 3, 2010. REUTERS/Caren Firouz (UNITED STATES - Tags: SPORT EQUESTRIANISM) 

U.S. Coast Guard flight loadmaster Kevin Fox (L) and University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist Rick Steiner survey ice conditions in the Beaufort Sea, about 200 miles from shore, from the window of a Coast Guard C130 September 30, 2009. The flights are part of a regular "Arctic Domain Awareness" program in which regular overflights are staged to get a sense of the environment and conditions far offshore. The oldest ice is tinged with blue, and the newest ice is seen as a thin film on the water between existing ice chunks. Photo taken September 30, 2009. REUTERS/Yereth Rosen (UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENT) 

Scots Grey (2nd R), ridden by Richard Burton, jumps the Chair with Arctic Times (R) during the Fox Hunters' Steeple Chase on the first day of the Grand National meeting at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, northern England, April 12, 2007. REUTERS/Phil Noble (BRITAIN) 

A Mexican Hairless dog wears an arctic fox fur coat during the Zoo Russia International Cat and Dog Exhibition in Moscow April 16, 2006. REUTERS/Alexander Natruskin