Missing Ice Drives Polar Bear Inland
by Clive Tesar
A young polar bear is now back on the Canadian Arctic coast after wandering 300 kilometres inland. T
he bears typically do not stray far from the shores of the Arctic Ocean. Duane Smith, President of Inuit Circumpolar Council (Canada), suspects the bear wandered inland to search for food because the ice in the Arctic has receded so far offshore. The bears typically eat a diet high in marine life, especially seals. After being spotted near a community, the bear was lured into a cage by a muktuk (whale blubber) bait, and transported back to the coast.
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