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See polar bear pictures. Our polar bear photo gallery has a large selection of Polar Bear photos taken in Churchill/Manitoba, Canada as well as polar bear photos from the tundra of Hudson Bay.(Seite 1)

The Polar Bear with the scientific name Ursus maritimus lives in all Arctic coast regions The Inuit call it “Nanook“ and say that it has supernatural powers. It is a big, muscular bear with a weight of 300 to 600 kilograms and a total length – from nose to tail – of up to 3.5 metres. The biggest known Polar Bear had a weight of 1,002 kilograms and a length of 3.65 metres. The Polar Bear’s fur is white to yellowish and has the property to convert 95 percent of the ultraviolet radiation into heat. Every single hair of the fur – it is transparent and hollow – is able to capture the light from any direction. The Polar Bear’s fur insulates optimally and gives almost no heat off to the outside. The food of the Polar Bearconsists mainly of meat, but also of seaweed, crabs, sea birds, bird eggs, berries, carrion, and sometimes they even carry off some flat fish. The Ursus maritimus is an excellent swimmer and was already seen several hundred kilometres far into the open sea. It is also a good diver and is able to stay under water for up to two minutes. High up in the north, west of Hudson Bay, is the location of Churchill, the city with Canada’s most northern deep-sea harbour. Every year from the end of September until mid-November, Churchill, which is located at the edge of the timberline in the middle of an ancient Polar Bear trail, turns into the "Polar Bear Capital of the World". With cross-country vehicles, the so-called “Tundra Buggies“, it is possible to watch the Polar Bears in the tundra between Nelson and Churchill River. Between mid-November and the end of November, when the Hudson Bay freezes up – often the temperatures fall below –50° Celsius -, the Polar Bears disappear abruptly from the coastal stretches. At this time they stay up to 300 kilometres away from the land on the frozen bay. Here at the open watering places they hunt for seals. They carry them off by sneaking up to the seals lying on the ice, which sometimes can take hours, or they waylay them at the holes in the ice crust. Sometimes they also hunt for seals in the open water channels by swimming. In July, when the ice starts to melt at the end of the Arctic spring, the Polar Bears often let themselves be carried ashore on ice floes. Their destination is the mainland or the endless tundra along the coast. In late summer they head north again. In this season, the Polar Bears search for carrion of marine creatures. Their food also consists of land mammals and plants. In the northwest of Hudson Bay they wait for frost and ice.

Then the time of hunger is over, the cycle closes as soon as they have reached the open water channels with the seals.



Ursus maritimus
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species


total photos: 121

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Young Polar Bear follows ist mother dutifully
Young Polar Bear follows ist mother dutifully

The tired Polar bear on a rock at the Hudson Bay
The tired Polar bear on a rock at the Hudson Bay

Polar bear on the coast
Polar bear on the coast

A Polar bear relaxes in the late afternoon light
A Polar bear relaxes in the late afternoon light

Polar Bear on its way at the Hudson Bay coast
Polar Bear on its way at the Hudson Bay coast

Young Polar Bear with his mother at the Hudson Bay
Young Polar Bear with his mother at the Hudson Bay

The Polar Bear and ist resting place in the tundra
The Polar Bear and ist resting place in the tundra

Polar Bear rests on a lichen-covered rock
Polar Bear rests on a lichen-covered rock

The Polar Bear curiously prowls along the Hudson Bay coast
The Polar Bear curiously prowls along the Hudson Bay coast

Resting Polar Bears at the Hudson Bay coast
Resting Polar Bears at the Hudson Bay coast

Resting Polar Bear in the freshly fallen snow
Resting Polar Bear in the freshly fallen snow

The little Polar Bear curiously examines a tundra Buggy
The little Polar Bear curiously examines a tundra Buggy

The young Polar bear exploreres the coast with its mother
The young Polar bear exploreres the coast with its mother

Polar bears on their way at the Hudson Bay coast
Polar bears on their way at the Hudson Bay coast

Fighting Polar Bears playing on the Hudson Bay
Fighting Polar Bears playing on the Hudson Bay

Polar Bear Ursus maritimus in the tundra
Polar Bear Ursus maritimus in the tundra

Fighting Polar Bears
Fighting Polar Bears

Polar Bear in the Hudson Bay
Polar Bear in the Hudson Bay

Polar Bear family, Tundra-Buggy and tourists
Polar Bear family, Tundra-Buggy and tourists

Polar Bear
Polar Bear

Polar bear on a stone
Polar bear on a stone

Polar bear in the Arctic
Polar bear in the Arctic

Polar Bear in the Tundra
Polar Bear in the Tundra

Polar bear on a rock at the Hudson Bay
Polar bear on a rock at the Hudson Bay

Eye to eye with two polar bears in the Hudson Bay
Eye to eye with two polar bears in the Hudson Bay

Polar Bears
Polar Bears

Polar bears in the tundra
Polar bears in the tundra

Polar bear with young bear
Polar bear with young bear

Polar Bear with young in the Hudson Bay
Polar Bear with young in the Hudson Bay

Two Polar Bears
Two Polar Bears

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