I could never imagine being in this position. Polar bears look adorable on TV but in real life, they are huge scary man-eating monsters. This guy fighting off two of them with a stick north of Quebec is a battle of life and death that I would like no part of.

Tim Konrad is the founder of Unofficial Networks and a passionate skier with over two decades of experience in the ski industry. In 2006, he launched the blog from Lake Tahoe with his brother John, evolving...