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Monday, June 28, 2021

Tracking Polar Bears On Hudson Bay


As the Hudson Bay begins to freeze over for the wintertime forthwith is a practiced fourth dimension to view Polar Bears International's Bear Tracker map.  The Bear Tracker map is tracking the movements of 14 polar bears on as well as around Hudson Bay.

Each of the polar bears has been fitted amongst a GPS neckband which allows Polar Bears International to rails the bears' movements as well as to present their locations on the Bear Tracker map (with a fourth dimension delay for the bear's safety). The map likewise includes a sea-ice layer, which shows the extent of the electrical current sea-ice extent on the bay. Currently the sea-ice is forming a piddling agency out into the bay as well as the polar bears are using the chance to venture out onto the H2O ice to hunt seals.

The map includes a time-line which allows yous to persuasion the bears' movements since 2013. The time-line likewise shows the sea-ice extent for each solar daytime since one October 2013.