Distribution, Movement and Abundance of Polar Bears in Lancaster Sound, Northwest Territories

• Published in: ARCTIC
• Main Authors: Schweinsburg, R.E., Lee, L.J., Latour, P.B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Arctic Institute of North America 1982
• Subjects: Animal distribution; Animal migration; Animal population; Denning; Polar bears; Winter ecology; Wildlife habitat; Lancaster Sound; Nunavut; Baffin Bay; Baffin Island; Barrow Strait; Clyde River; Greenland; Jones Sound; Northwest Territories; Prince Regent Inlet; Wellington Channel; Arctic; Baffin; polar bear
• Online Access: https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/65368

Mark-recapture studies show that polar bears are distributed at varying densities throughout Lancaster Sound during winter and spring. Major concentrations occur along the north and south coasts and the transverse floe edge at the mouth of the sound. As the ice melts, some bears move west whereas ot...