An on-ice aerial survey of the Kane Basin polar bear (Ursus maritimus) subpopulation

• Published in: Polar Biology
• Main Authors: Wiig, Øystein, Atkinson, Stephen N., Born, Erik W, Stapleton, Seth, Arnold, Todd, Dyck, Markus, Laidre, Kristin L., Lunn, Nicholas J., Regehr, Eric V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Greenland; Kane; Kane Basin; Polar Biology; Sea ice; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10852/92102; http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-94729; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-021-02974-6

Abstract There is an imminent need to collect information on distribution and abundance of polar bears ( Ursus maritimus ) to understand how they are affected by the ongoing decrease in Arctic sea ice. The Kane Basin (KB) subpopulation is a group of high-latitude polar bears that ranges between High...