Movements of a Polar Bear from Northern Alaska to Northern Greenland

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Durner, George M., Amstrup, Steven C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1995
• Subjects: Animal behaviour; Animal migration; Polar bears; Satellite communications; Telemetry; Inuvialuit Settlement Region; N.W.T./Yukon; Nordgrønland; North American Arctic; Alaska; Northern; Arctic; Greenland; Mer de Beaufort; North Pole; Yukon; Beaufort Sea; Groenland; Groenland septentrional; Inuvialuit; ours polaire; polar bear; Pôle Nord; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64312

Using satellite telemetry, we monitored the movements of an adult female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) as she traveled from the Alaskan Beaufort Sea coast to northern Greenland. She is the first polar bear known to depart the Beaufort Sea region for an extended period, and the first polar bear known...