Polar Bear Population 2024 Map

Polar Bear Population 2024 Map. Although demographic assessments for polar bears have primarily focused on correlations with sea ice availability, our study and others highlight that prey health is also an important indicator of polar bear population status. Follow polar bears as we track them across the vast white desert of the arctic ocean.

Polar bears have a circumpolar distribution limited to portions of the northern hemisphere covered by sea ice for extended portions each year. The polar bear has been classified as vulnerable on the iucn red list of threatened species since 1982.