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POLE. A measure of length, equal to five yards and a half. Vide Measure.

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Previous studies have predicted mass polar bear starvation by 2068, when annual ice breakup is expected to separate the bears from their sea-ice hunting grounds and their key prey, seals, for a consecutive 180 days each year.

New food for polar bears

Substantial sea ice loss and the decline in their marine prey make for an increasingly worse outlook for polar bear populations," Todd explains.

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Polar bears can weigh up to 70 stone and have 42 teeth.

A molar bear.. the last thing you see

There have been no polar bear cubs born in Britain for more than 20 years.

Polar bear cubs hope as female moves in

He wanted to experience this beautiful place on different terms, building memories of its awe-inducing splendor rather than of the horror of a polar bear attack.

In the jaws of climate change

One analysis predicts that, by the mid-21st century, two-thirds of the world's polar bear population may vanish due to the rapid loss of the sea ice that they depend upon - a direct result of human-induced climate warming.

Polar bears and Monty the penguin indicate the plight of the planet; By the mid-21st century, two-thirds of the world's polar bear population may vanish, due to the rapid loss of sea ice, as a result of climate change. Rod Downie, head of WWF-UK's polar programme, explains how the charity is working to protect the precious polar regions and their inhabitants

The new facility will increase the Alaska Zoo's capacity to care for polar bear cubs.

Alaska Zoo

The Spirit of Love" is a true story of an endangered polar bear cub who was rescued from a remote ice tundra in the Arctic Circle by searching helicopter pilots of the Polar Bear Rescue and Rehabilitation Center, just established in January, 2012.

The Spirit of Love

WHO WOULD have thought that a short, tartan wool skirt would turn out to be my nemesis in the polar bear capital of the world?

IN THE POLAR BEAR CAPITAL

3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- At an international polar bear forum this week marking the 40[sup.

At Moscow polar bear forum, IFAW calls for an end to international commercial trade

Our Government is committed to proper conservation of the polar bear, while ensuring that the rights of Aboriginal peoples who continue to rely on the polar bear for food, clothing and livelihood are maintained and respected, said Minister Aglukkaq.

Canada : Minister Aglukkaq to Meet with Polar Bear Range States in Russia

The last time a large number of polar bears gathered in one place was on the Arctic coast of Chukotka in the fall of 2006," the head of the WWF's Polar Bear Patrol, Viktor Nikiforov, said.