Polar bear the polar bear in advertising, while Fox's Glacier Mints have featured a polar bear named Peppy as the brand mascot since 1922. Polar bears are popular in fiction, particularly in books for children or teenagers. For example, "The Polar Bear Son" is adapted from a traditional Inuit tale. The animated television series "Noah's Island" features a polar bear named Noah as the protagonist. Polar bears feature prominently in "East" (also released as "North Child") by Edith Pattou, "The Bear" by Raymond Briggs (adapted into an animated short in 1998), and Chris d'Lacey's "The Fire Within" series. The "panserbjørne" of Philip
Arturo (polar bear) Arturo (polar bear) Arturo (1985 July 3, 2016) was a polar bear living in Mendoza Zoological Park in Mendoza, Argentina, the only polar bear living in the country. He was born in the United States and transferred to Argentina in 1993. His companion, a female named Pelusa, died of cancer in 2012. The living conditions of the cage Arturo resided in were controversial, as temperatures reach up to 40 °C in Argentina, and the pool in Arturo's cage was only 20 inches deep. Animal rights activists had, in response, dubbed Arturo the "world's saddest animal" and promoted a petition to