Terrestrial Maternity Denning of Polar Bears in the Eastern Beaufort Sea Area

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Stirling, Ian, Andriashek, Dennis
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1992
• Subjects: Aerial surveys; Animal behaviour; Animal distribution; Animal population; Denning; History; Hunting; Traditional knowledge; Pack ice; Polar bears; Spatial distribution; Banks Island; N.W.T; Canadian Beaufort Sea; Inuvialuit Settlement Region mainland; Banks Island waters; Amundsen Gulf; Mer de Beaufort; Arctic; banquise; Beaufort Sea; Île Banks; Inuvialuit; ours polaire; polar bear; Sea ice; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64470

Observations on the location of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) maternity dens, the locations of females with young cubs on the sea ice just after leaving their dens, and observations of Inuvialuit hunters were recorded in the eastern Beaufort Sea area from late March to mid-May 1971-79 and 1985-87. Ma...