Polar Bear Aerial Survey in the Eastern Chukchi Sea: A Pilot Study

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Evans, Thomas J., Fischbach, Anthony, Schliebe, Scott, Manly, Bryan, Kalxdorff, Susanne, York, Geoff
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 2003
• Subjects: aerial survey; Ursus maritimus; polar bear; Beaufort Sea; Chukchi Sea; line transect; icebreaker; relevé aérien; ours polaire; mer de Beaufort; mer des Tchouktches; mer de Béring; transect; brise-glace; Canada; Mer de Beaufort; Arctic; Chukchi; Icebreaker; Mer de Béring; Mer des Tchouktches; Tchouktche*; Alaska
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/63692

Alaska has two polar bear populations: the Southern Beaufort Sea population, shared with Canada, and the Chukchi/Bering Seas population, shared with Russia. Currently a reliable population estimate for the Chukchi/Bering Seas population does not exist. Land-based aerial and mark-recapture population...