Polar bear den registrations

• Main Authors: Andersen, Magnus, Aars, Jon
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Norwegian Polar Institute 2008
• Subjects: ENVIRONMENT; polar bear capture; biology; EARTH SCIENCE; BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION; ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES; MAMMALS; CARNIVORES; BEARS; BIOSPHERE; ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; Arctic; Jan Mayen; Svalbard; North Atlantic; Norwegian Polar Institute; polar bear; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://data.npolar.no/dataset/c4731c7e-aede-5c7b-8e7e-390305f8cfc0

Positions and date for observation of polar bear maternity dens are registered. The data base encompass reported observations as well as observations from den surveys conducted by the Norwegian Polar Institute. In 2008 a large scale den survey was initiated to look at the relation between sea ice an...