Barents Sea polar bears (Ursus maritimus): population biology and anthropogenic threats

Figures & data

Fig. 1 The Barents Sea and surrounding land areas. The Barents Sea polar bear population is distributed from Svalbard in the west to Franz Josef Land in the east. The majority of the polar bears in the population is found in sea-ice covered areas between, and north of, these archipelagos.

Fig. 2 Distribution of polar bear dens recorded in the Svalbard area (n=534) during ground and aerial surveys, accumulated from 1972 to 2010. (From Andersen et al. 2012).

Andersen M., Derocher A.E., Wiig Ø., Aars J. Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) maternity den distribution in Svalbard, Norway. Polar Biology. 2012; 35: 499–508.

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