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This story appears in the February 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... and we were looking for seals and polar bears. NGM Maps When we anchored the boat at the fjord ice, we spotted ...

Polar bears perch on sea ice to ambush seals—the source of 90 percent of their calories—when the seals surface. National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Enric Sala is leading an effort to ...

AI can help you plan your next trip—if you know how to ask. If you live near polar bears, ‘bear-dar’ could save your life If you live near polar bears, ‘bear-dar’ could save your life ...

This story appears in the August 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine ... a walking contradiction—a white black bear. Neither albino nor polar bear, the spirit bear (also known as the ...

Having passed the summer months in the subarctic wild of Wapusk National Park to the south, polar bears now congregate here, waiting for the ice to come in. The air is harsh, dry, frigid.

This story appears in the April 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine ... in the circumpolar region can match its biodensity. Polar bears thrive here. Roughly half the estimated 3,000 ...