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Journey to the Kara Sea: Leaving land

Posted by WWF Arctic in From the field, Polar bears on 5 May, 2015

We load into two helicopters – next stop, latitude 80.

Journey to the Kara Sea: To Khatanga

Posted by WWF Arctic in From the field, Polar bears on 5 May, 2015

Little is known about the polar bears, walrus and whales of Russia’s Kara Sea.

#5ArcticActions – Help people and polar bears coexist safely

Posted by WWF Arctic in Polar bears on 4 December, 2014

This week, Arctic governments are meeting in Norway to talk about Arctic biodiversity. But they need to do more than talk. They’ve invested in reams of excellent research on life in the Arctic – now they need to act! They’ll make commitments this April, when the United States begins its chairmanship of the Arctic Council. […]

Walk 3,700 km with a polar bear

Posted by WWF Arctic in From the field, Polar bears on 4 September, 2014

We’ve followed dozens of polar bears on the WWF Polar Bear Tracker since it launched in 2003. But few have wandered as far as Kara, a female bear tagged by researchers in Spring 2013.

Bear scare

Posted by WWF Arctic in From the field, Polar bears on 19 August, 2014

This August, eight polar bears came searching for food in four Russian Arctic villages. WWF set out to keep both local people and bears safe.

An Arctic “melting pot”

Posted by Sue Novotny in From the field, Polar bears on 21 July, 2014

Here on the Labrador coast we are seeing and hearing of the mixing of nature that’s beginning to occur with climate change.

Where polar bears in town are a ho-hum experience

Posted by Sue Novotny in From the field, Polar bears on 16 July, 2014

They’re pretty much there all the time, but you see them anywhere, any time

Back to Longyearbyen

Posted by Geoff York in From the field, Polar bears on 23 April, 2014

The Svalbard team heads back to port.

The coolest office

Posted by Tom Arnbom in From the field, Polar bears on 21 April, 2014

Being out in the field, you sometimes encounter challenges, like having an open office in the High Arctic.

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