Tabular icebergs may give the
bears sanctuary from hunting
A hitherto unknown polar bear
sanctuary in the Arctic has been discovered by the makers of a BBC documentary.
An estimated 20 of the bears
were seen on the Peterman Iceberg in Baffin Bay, 50km off the Canadian coast.
For most of the year, polar
bears live on the frozen sea water where they hunt seals.
So the finding challenges
received wisdom about where polar bears spend the summer months, when the sea
ice melts.
The sanctuary was discovered
during the filming of BBC Two's Operation Iceberg.
It had been assumed that polar
bears had to move on to the land during the summer, in this case, Baffin
Island.
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