Sea Ice in Baffin Bay (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Sea Ice in Baffin Bay

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The study compared the movements of adult female polar bears during two time periods. In the 1990s (left), sea ice in mid-July still spanned Baffin Bay, providing polar bears with a large area to hunt and travel. In more recent summers (right), Baffin Bay was mostly open water in mid-July, and polar bears were stuck closer to shore.

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Joshua Stevens, NASA Earth Observatory/National Snow & Ice Data Center

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