Unusual Predation Attempts of Polar Bears on Ringed Seals in the Southern Beaufort Sea: Possible Significance of Changing Spring Ice Conditions

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Stirling, Ian, Richardson, Evan, Thiemann, Gregory W., Derocher, Andrew E.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2009
• Subjects: polar bear; ringed seal; Beaufort Sea; climate change; predation; nutritional stress; sea ice; ours polaire; phoque annelé; mer de Beaufort; changement climatique; prédation; stress alimentaire; glace de mer; Atkinson; Mer de Beaufort; Phoques; Amundsen Gulf; Arctic; Atkinson Point; Banks Island; Chukchi; Phoca hispida; Sea ice; Ursus maritimus; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63074

In April and May 2003 through 2006, unusually rough and rafted sea ice extended for several tens of kilometres offshore in the southeastern Beaufort Sea from about Atkinson Point to the Alaska border. Hunting success of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) seeking seals was low despite extensive searching...