A female polar bear and her cub cross the tundra by MARIA STENZEL ʕ ´ᴥ`ʔ
Mother and cub polar bear nestle together for warmth while resting along the arctic landscape by NORBERT ROSING ʕ ´ᴥ`ʔ
A polar bear sits on the pack ice by RALPH LEE HOPKINS
Two polar bears stand on a piece of ice by Norbert Rosing
Two polar bears eat a carcass as sea birds wait nearby by NORBERT ROSING
Three month old polar bear cub. (NICK NORMAN)
Researchers have found some polar bears are swimming more than 400 miles to find ice caps. Bears fitted with Global Positioning System (GPS) were found to have swam non-stop for nearly 10 days while they searched for ice in the Artic. The research, collected by the US Geological Survey, was published in the Canadian Journal of Zoology. (Photo: Reuters)
High Five Bear by Dr DAD (Daniel A D’Auria MD) on Flickr
Robert Kuptana, who lives in the Arctic hamlet said grizzly bears, which are a species not natural to the area, are increasing in numbers near Ulukhaktok.
He said ever since the caribou have been travelling a different route along the mainland, the grizzlies have been following the herds and mating with polar bears.
(Picture: This stuffed grizzly-polar bear hybrid was found near Sachs Harbour, N.W.T in 2006)
Resting Polar Bear Family (via Daily Mail)
Polar bear leaping in the snow. (Photo by iStockPhoto)
