Arctic Council

Background and Significance Due to previous work, it is estimated that there exist 19 separate populations of polar bears. Of these 19, two exist in Alaska, one named the Southern Beaufort Sea population, and the other known as the Chukchi Sea population. Along the northern coast of Alaska, from approximately 137°W to 167°W members of the Southern Beaufort Sea population can be found (Fischbach et al., 2007). During recent years, the Southern Beaufort Sea population of polar bears has been…

Summary Polar Bear Jaksen Perrin, Kelsie Pierce, and James Ryburn Ursus maritimus, otherwise called Polar bears, are essentially large white bears with large, flat, webbed feet used for swimming and roaming on ice. They live in regions between the arctic circle and the North Pole where there is a lot of water and ice, a habitat they have evolved to live in over time. Unlike most bear species, Polar bears are considered to be “marine mammals” meaning they are categorized with sea lions,…

The black bear is the smallest of the North American bears (“Be”, 2012). It has small eyes and ears are well-rounded. The Black Bear has 42 teeth: 12 incisors, 4 canines, 16 premolars and 10 molars. They weigh on average of 300 to 400 pounds (the female considerably less), they stand 27 to 36 inches high at the shoulder. There is an estimated number of 600,000 black bears in North America. How would you properly take care of a black bear in captivity? If you are wanting to own a black bear…

lemmings and raptors. Some of the animals, such as the caribou, depend on tundra vegetation to survive the year. Foxes are dependent on the polar bear for the majority of its meals. For example, as soon as a polar bear is done consuming a seal, the arctic fox will devour the remainders left of the seal, since a polar bear is unable to consume an entire seal. Migratory species, such as falcons, also use this habitat. Raptors eat lemmings, voles and hares. Some birds that live in the Alaskan…

It is little more than one hundred years since humans first set foot on Antarctica and even today few people have visited the frozen and hostile southern continent. Although nine countries have territorial claims on the continent, several of them overlapping, these political disagreements were suspended in The Antarctic Treaty of 1959. In the Treaty (covering all areas south of 60 degrees South Latitude), it was agreed that Antarctica should be used exclusively for peaceful purposes and that…

`Where did the inuit people live? The inuit people lived in the canadian arctic. What was the language of the inuit people? The inuit language was inupiaq. Some of their words that may be familiar to non-inuit people? kayak,Inuit. What kind of materials do the inuit use to make their carvings? The inuit use stone knifes. What do the carvings often portray? This inuit carving shows a giant destroying an igloo So mostly things to do with their culture or habitat. Myths and legends the…

What is a narwhal? A narwhale, or Monodon Monoceros, is a pale-colored porpoise mammal that lives in the Arctic ocean. They weight as much as 1.5 tons and are 13 to 20 feet long. Narwhals grow two teeth. In males, the more prominent tooth grows into a spiral tusk. The tusks grow up to 8.8 feet long. This tusk grows through the narwhal’s upper lip. Females can too grow a small tusk, but it doesn’t get nearly as big as the male’s. The purpose of the tusk is unknown, but scientist believe it is…

hunts. Lastly, how the animal repopulate. This are some reason why the polar bear are one of the most interesting animals on earth. Polar bears also known as ursus maritius is one of the most dangerous mammals on earth. They are found in the arctic circle which includes Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Canada, Denmark, Greenland, and Iceland (WWF. "Polar Bear." WorldWildlife.org. World Wildlife Fund, n.d. Web. 12 Jan. 2015). The Polar Bear comes from the grizzly bear but the polar bear…

people live in the Arctic. The Inuit are good hunters but died by hunting big animals in the cold. The Europeans went to the Inuit but the Inuit died but they still live today. These is some of what the Inuit do for a living. Sometime the Inuit have bad time and have god time as will. The current population of the Inuit people today is 160,000 people. The language of the Inuit is Inuktitut and it is hard to learn the language. The Inuit people live in the Tundra of the Arctic in the past.…

Gurkirat Singh Instructor: Lindsay Parker English :100 Student ID: 802792 Date: 3 October 2016 Polar bears are aggressive behaviour animals which generally live in cold area like : in Arctic Ocean. They swim in water as a fish ,but no breath like fish ,bears are of many types Most dangerous bears is brown bear which terribly know as human hunter, and one is Black bears which like to eat human eating stuff .But White bears have actually black skin But…