Polar bear incidents in Svalbard

• Main Author: Sysselmannen På Svalbard Sysselmannen.No
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: npolar.no 2014
• Subjects: Adventdalen; Adventfjorden; Barentsburg; Bellsund; Billefjorden; Bjørn; Bjørnøya; Brucebyen; Colesbukta; Edgeøya; Fridtjovhamna; Gåshamna; Hopen; Hornsund; Isbjørnhamna; Kapp Amsterdam; Kapp Lee; Mushamna; Ny-Ålesund; Smeerenburgfjorden; Svalbard; Sveagruva; Van Keulenfjorden; Van Mijenfjorden; Vestpynten; Wijdefjorden; Woodfjorden; Austfjord*; Austfjordneset; isbjørn; Ny Ålesund; Smeerenburgfjord*; Sysselmann*; Wijdefjord*; Woodfjord*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.21334/npolar.2014.1b7bba27; https://data.npolar.no/dataset/1b7bba27-fc7c-571f-b752-370cdbfde40b

Following the protection of the polar bear in Svalbard in 1973, [Sysselmannen](http://sysselmannen.no/) registers every serious incidents involving polar bears. These records were summarised in numerous publications linked to here, the first by Ian Gjertz and Endre Persen in [1987](). From 2014 the...