Distribution, Movement and Abundance of Polar Bears in Lancaster Sound, Northwest Territories

• Main Authors: R. E. Schweinsburg, L. J. Lee, P. B. Latour
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Baffin Bay; Baffin Island; Barrow Strait; Clyde River; Greenland; Jones Sound; Lancaster Sound; Northwest Territories; Prince Regent Inlet; Wellington Channel; Arctic; Baffin
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.499.6249; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic35-1-159.pdf

ABSTRACT. Mark-recapture studies show that polar bears are distributed at varying densities throughout Lancaster Sound during winter and spring. Major concentrations occur along the north and south coasts and the transverse floe edge at the mouth of the sound. As the ice melts, some bears move west...