The polar bear is a circumpolar species found in and around the Arctic Ocean whose southern range limits are determined by pack ice (its southernmost point is James Bay in Canada). While their numbers thin north of 88 degrees, there is evidence of polar bears all the way across the Arctic. Population estimates are generally just over 20,000.[1]
Their main population centers are:
* Wrangel Island and western Alaska
* Northern Alaska
* Canadian Arctic archipelago
* Greenland
* Svalbard-Franz Josef Land
* North-Central Siberia
Their range is limited by the availability of sea ice that they use as a platform to hunt seal, the mainstay of their diet. The destruction of its habitat on the Arctic ice, which may be caused by global warming, threatens the bear's survival as a species; it may become extinct within the century. Signs of this have already been observed at the southern edges of its range.
2006-06-07 07:11:24
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answered by loving father 5
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I know they can be found in Siberia and Canada. Probably other countries in that area. Wild polar bears are only found in and around the North Pole.
2006-06-07 14:46:47
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answered by Evil J.Twin 6
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Hudson's Bay, Canada
They have huge heated All Terrain Vehicles that take you out to the Ice Flats...and the Polar bears walk right up too the vehicles....perfect for pics !
2006-06-20 20:31:37
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answered by Jake 3
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The islands between America and Australia, not sure what they are called but they do have a resident dishy doctor called Jack, a policewoman called Anna-Lucia, and I believe favoured by the odd lottery winner. I think you can only fly one way though as there is no airport ! The accommodation is a bit rubbish and you may have to make your own tent or sleep in an underground bunker....if you find the hatch !
2006-06-14 18:25:52
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answered by Anonymous
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Almost every country in the world ... mainly because of zoo's.
Other than that it would be Canada, Alaskan U.S., Russia, Antarctica, Iceland, Greenland, possibly parts of China and other such northern territories and Islands.
2006-06-20 02:51:11
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answered by R. Van de Castle 2
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can i just say in the last 5 years, i spent a season in alaska, two seasons in norway, been to iceland too, and never seen any species of bear, polar, grizzly or brown, grrrrrrrrrr
2006-06-12 07:22:03
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answered by Jd 1
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I thought they were only at the polar ice cap, I'm prepared to learn
2006-06-17 06:16:00
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answered by sharky 4
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NORTH POLE, ALASKA, ANTARTICA HAS NO POLER BEARS, it has peguins, hence ANTI ARCONTUS, if u follw mythoilocal terms arcontos was trasformed into a bear, hence ANTI BEAR, lolol
2006-06-13 20:22:52
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answered by cra7zzzzzzzpat 3
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Canada, Alaska, USA and the arctic circle.
2006-06-20 09:33:24
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answered by Anonymous
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The poles
2006-06-20 11:27:25
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answered by mafiaqueen1900 3
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