A polar bear assessment

USGS reports estimated number of bears and dens in Beaufort Sea coastal area

Alan Bailey

for Petroleum News

The U.S. Geological Survey Wildlife Program has published a report presenting a statistical analysis of the number of polar bears and their dens in the southern Beaufort Sea region, which includes the Beaufort Sea coastal region of the North Slope. The data presented are of importance to the North S....

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Shrinkage of sea ice

Counting the bears

Estimated den distribution