Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) Denning in the Area of the Simpson Peninsula, Nunavut

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Van de Velde, OMI, Franz, Stirling, Ian, Richardson, Evan
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2003
• Subjects: polar bear; Simpson Peninsula; Pelly Bay; snow dens; litter size; ours polaire; péninsule Simpson; tanières de neige; taille de la portée; Arctic; Nunavut; Lone; inuit; inuits; Sea ice; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63674

The locations of polar bear snow dens in winter on the Simpson Peninsula, Nunavut, and nearby islands to the northwest, and information on the sex and age class of a subsample of the occupants of 73 dens, were recorded from interviews with Inuit hunters at Pelly Bay, at intervals from 1937 to 1965 a...