Report presenting baseline information, collected 1970 to 1975, on the biology, distribution, and abundance of polar bears (Ursus maritimus) in the Beaufort Sea.
Report of study of movements of polar bears tagged in Amundsen Gulf, the west coast of Banks Island, and mainland coast of northern Canada. "Polar Bear Research in the Beaufort Sea" by Ian Stirling (1975) is appended as background to polar bear project. A Beaufort Sea Project study.
Report providing baseline information, collected in 1974, on the biology, distribution and abundance of ringed (Phoca hispida) and bearded (Erignathus barbatus) seals in the eastern Beaufort Sea.
These proceedings provide an overview of the ongoing research and management activities on polar bears in the circumpolar arctic. Together with the previous 13 proceedings, they provide an historic record of international efforts in protecting, studying and managing polar bears. With recent documentation of how warmer arctic climate might affect the sea ice habitat of polar bears, the predictions of even warmer climate in the next decades, and documentation of effects on polar bears subpopulations, an evaluation of the red list status of polar bear subpopulations was followed by an increased conservation designation of vulnerable. In the complexity of possible interactions between climate change, local harvest, and in some areas high levels of pollutants, an increased level of international cooperation was advocated.
Proceedings of a technical workshop on all aspects of research of polar bears from remote sensing and satellite tracking to hunting. Includes reports on polar bear studies in the Beaufort Sea, NWT Oil Spill action plan, Arctic Pilot Project, etc.