Sea ice conditions
TV interview with Andrew Bolt in Australia talking about polar bears: the podcast
This television interview aired a few hours ago on The Bolt Report (Sky News Australia, 26 March 2019). A short excerpt was made available as a tweet but a link to the full 10 minute interview is below. Ironically, despite the huge effort made by polar bear specialists and climate change activists to silence and […]
Harp seal: the most abundant Arctic seal & an undervalued polar bear prey species
This post has been reblogged from PolarBearScience. The harp seal is the most abundant seal species in the northern hemisphere (estimated to number more than 9 million animals – that’s more harps than ringed seals) but are found only in the North Atlantic. Partly because they give birth on mobile pack ice, harps have their […]
More details on recent Labrador polar bear sightings – almost EATEN déjà vu
Finally, we have further details from the CBC on the report earlier this week of polar bears seen in several coastal Labrador communities, in what must be some of the earliest sightings ever documented. Statements from witnesses reveal that the polar bears weren’t just on shore, they were brazenly prowling around people’s homes looking for […]
Susan J. Crockford - Scientist, Writer 