The Polar Bear and its Protection

The polar bear, Thalarctos maritimus , (Phipps) enjoys such colloquial names as: “ice-bear,” “sea-bear,” “ice-tiger” and “ice-king.” In view of its large size and its supremacy over the other beasts of the ice-floes it well deserves these epithets. Primarily the polar bear is an animal of the broken...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Oryx
Main Author: Loughrey, Alan G.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1956
Subjects:
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Arctic
Hudson Bay
Hudson
Southampton Island
eskimo*
polar bear
Sea ice
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0030605300038825
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0030605300038825

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