Polar Bear Species Profile, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Polar bears are the size of large brown bears. The largest males can weigh in excess of 1700 lbs, but the average is 600–1200 lbs and 8–10 feet in length. Adult females weigh 400–700 lbs. General information about Polar Bear in Alaska such …
Polar Bear Range Map, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Range map of polar bear in the State of Alaska.
Polar Bears — Wildlife Viewing, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
A powerful and patient predator on land, sea, and ice, the polar bear is the world’s largest carnivore and a unique symbol of the Arctic. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, Ursus maritimus, or the sea bear, evolved from its brown bear (Ursus arctos) ancestors to occupy an ecological niche in the frozen far north.
Polar Bear Management and Research - Alaska Department of Fish …
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) conduct polar bear research in Alaska. A long term mark-recapture study in the Southern Beaufort Sea is underway to determine population size, productivity, and how polar bears are responding to their changing environment.
Polar Bear ( Ursus maritimus ) - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
In the winter, polar bears in Alaska are found as far south as St. Lawrence Island and occasionally move down to St. Matthew Island and the Kuskokwim Delta. In the summer, bears are most abundant around the edge of the pack ice in the Chukchi Sea and Arctic Ocean.
Living With Bears - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
But even if you don't see a bear, you will never be far from one; Alaska is bear country. By learning about the lives of black bears, brown bears (including grizzly), or polar bears, you will enhance your enjoyment of these species and help minimize human-bear conflicts.
The polar bear has always been important in the subsistence economies of many Alaskan Eskimos. Polar bear meat is relished by Eskimos as food. From the advent of whalers in the Alaskan Arctic in the 1850's, prime polar bear skins have also been of economic value.
Polar Bear - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
For general information on Polar Bear, see the Polar Bear species profile page. Summary of the reasons/process by which the polar bear (Ursus maritimus) became listed as Federally Threatened.
Polar bears are most abundant near coastlines and the southern edge of the ice, but they can occur throughout the polar basin. They make extensive movements related to the seasonal position of the ice edge. In winter, bears off Alaska commonly occur as far south as St. Lawrence Island and may even reach St. Matthew Island and the Kuskokwim Delta.
Brown Bear - Alaska Department of Fish and Game
The brown bear resembles its close relatives the black bear (U. americanus) and the polar bear (U. maritimus). Brown bears are usually larger than black bears, have a more prominent shoulder hump, less prominent ears, and longer, straighter claws.