I feel for the polar bear but I would have felt for any human mauled to death by the bear too.
So I am undecided on this.
Views such as 'these humans are invading the natural habitat of the polar bear' can be seen as a contradictory as we, as birders, frequently 'invade' bird habitats all the time.
Okay, so we can hide behind a, well, 'hide' but the birds are still there wading in the water on the other side.
We can use long telephoto lenses as too not disturb the birds, but we're out in the woods and hills and fields - again, in 'their' natural habitat.
And we are all aware that there are the regular boating trips so we can 'sail' around our sea bird colonies or go ashore and 'occupy' their land - as well as rain forest expeditions.
The majority of birders are sensible, nature-loving people, but there is definitely a contradiction here regarding the invasiveness of people when we judge polar bear tourism against bird-watching tourism.