Yep, you heard it here, there is a serious problem for the Beaufort Sea area polar bears along the Alaskan coastline. Sea ice is 16 FEET thick and the seals may not be able to punch breathing holes so the polar bears might not have anything to eat.
"(CNSNews.com) Five meters of ice about 16 feet thick - is threatening the survival of polar bears in the Southern Beaufort Sea region along Alaskas Arctic coast, according to Dr. Susan J. Crockford, an evolutionary biologist in British Columbia who has studied polar bears for most of her 35-year career.
Thats because the thick ice ridges could prevent ringed seals, the bears major prey, from creating breathing holes they need to survive in the frigid waters, Crockford told CNSNews.com.
Prompted by reports of the heaviest sea ice conditions on the East Coast in decades and news that ice on the Great Lakes is, for mid-April, the worst its been since records began, I took a close look at the ice thickness charts for the Arctic, Crockford noted in her Polar Bear Science blog on April 18th."
Alaskan Polar Bears Threatened?By Too Much Spring Ice | CNS News
"(CNSNews.com) Five meters of ice about 16 feet thick - is threatening the survival of polar bears in the Southern Beaufort Sea region along Alaskas Arctic coast, according to Dr. Susan J. Crockford, an evolutionary biologist in British Columbia who has studied polar bears for most of her 35-year career.
Thats because the thick ice ridges could prevent ringed seals, the bears major prey, from creating breathing holes they need to survive in the frigid waters, Crockford told CNSNews.com.
Prompted by reports of the heaviest sea ice conditions on the East Coast in decades and news that ice on the Great Lakes is, for mid-April, the worst its been since records began, I took a close look at the ice thickness charts for the Arctic, Crockford noted in her Polar Bear Science blog on April 18th."
Alaskan Polar Bears Threatened?By Too Much Spring Ice | CNS News
