Arctic Polar Bears
Because of climate change the coastal plain is becoming a more critical denning area with the decrease in sea ice.
Arctic polar bears. The two polar bear subpopulations m clintock channel and gulf of boothia are neighbours found in the central canadian arctic territory of nunavut. The most important habitats for polar bears are the edges of pack ice where currents and wind interact forming a continually melting and refreezing matrix of ice patches and leads open spaces in the sea ice. With arctic sea ice in a spiraling decline 2020 was recently declared the second lowest ice year in the satellite record it s an axiom of climate change that polar bears are in peril. The former subpopulation has increased from around 325 bears in the late 1990s to 716 today while the gulf of boothia subpopulation has remained mostly stable since the late 1990s at around 1500 bears.
But as the region s sea ice declines as it. The two polar bear subpopulations m clintock channel and gulf of boothia are neighbours found in the central canadian arctic territory nunavut. The polar bear ursus maritimus is a hypercarnivorous bear whose native range lies largely within the arctic circle encompassing the arctic ocean its surrounding seas and surrounding land masses. But until now scientists have been unable to pinpoint when and where populations of this charismatic marine mammal will begin.
The former subpopulation has increased from around 325 bears in the late 1990s to 716 today while the gulf of boothia subpopulation has remained mostly stable at around 1500 bears.