... on ringed seals and use sea ice for basic functions like feeding, mating and giving birth. American and Canadian scientists reviewed three examples of polar bears preying on each other from January to April 2004, in northern Alaska and western Canada. In one incident, a bear killed a female of the species in her den shortly after she had given birth. In the wild ... , polar bears do kill each other for population regulation, to exert their dominance, and to gain reproductive advantage. But killing one another for food is much ... before the end of the 21st century. The Center for Biolog...

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... the extreme and harsh conditions of which they live in, it is necessary for them to have all of the adaptations that they have. The polar bear's white coloring is perhaps one of the most crucial adaptations that they possess. The white coloring acts as a camouflage, being able to blend in ... most often occurs in April and May. After the long mating and birthing process though, comes a small polar bear ready to mature into a large polar bear like its parents. As a twenty-five centimeter cub, the polar bear is born with its eyes shut with a layer of fine hair, so thin that it almost appe...

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... down frequently to -40 degrees and sometimes even lower but that does not bother the polar bear because of its color-less skin and layer of insulation fat. Its range extending around the northern polar region. Necessities of Life "The polar bear eats mostly seals which he has to hunt. His trick is to wait by a ... calf or a musk ox stuck in snow, birds, eggs, fish, and dead whales. And sometimes in the summer it eats berries and grass. The polar bear has no water to drink so it only eats the skin and blubber, avoiding the meat. So by eating the blubber and leaving the meat the male ......

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... Alaskans love to hunt. In addition to hunting down and eliminating the wolves of Alaska, Palin also tried to remove the protected status from polar bears in the region according to Lin. The attempt to remove the polar bears from the endangered species list is puzzling to American voters at best. Palin stated that the reason for this was because they interfered ... by writing an opinion editorial for the NY Times in January of 08. The article states that polar bears are simply being mismanaged. She states, "To help ensure that polar bears are around for centuries to come, Alaska (about a...

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... , Robert Snyder shared some of his memories about Alaska. Alaska is full of wildlife. Some animals that can be found are the beaver, black bear, black-tailed deer, caribou, coyote, and polar bear. Others are the grizzly bear, Kodiak brown bear, moose, mountain goat, red fox, reindeer, wolf, and many others. All types of fish are present, big and small. One of the most famous ... are often filled with the aurora borealis, or northern lights. The northern lights are bands of color that stretch across the sky. Electrical energy from the sun, drawn to the polar regions by the earth's magneti...

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... (Bern 118). With animals extinction becoming more of a problem, hunters are required to have permits. However, Eskimos can hunt polar bear with out restriction in Alaska (Bern 168). Unfortunately, researchers measure and tag the animals; tags help trace migratory habits of the polar bear (Bern 168). The United States may have done well buying Alaska for its resources, but the U.S. may be harming Alaska ... ...

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... the locals, other expeditions they found the locals to be a bit more hostile. Only once have they had to use their shotgun, their only protection against polar bears. While on the coast of Greenland a polar bear thought it a good idea to sneak up on them and take what it could. Luckily they had their weapons handy knowing the environment they traveled and shot ... ...

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