Polar Bear Photos: 80 Bears Roam Outskirts of Alaskan Whaling Village
Polar bears are a part of the landscape in the whaling village of Kaktovik, Alaska.
There's a village along the northern edge of Alaska where the human to polar bear ratio tips 3 to 1 in the summer. Alaska Dispatch photographer Loren Holmes and reporter Alex DeMarban traveled to this whaling village, called Kaktovik, to document how the largest bears in the world live alongside villagers for a few weeks each year. AdvertisementRelated PhotosSUBMIT YOUR PHOTOSADVERTISEMENTAdvertisement |
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Look at monster polar bear on the left side in photo one, standing up on that whale. Wow!
I would never leave the house in that town, without a rifle or a 44 mag.
I do agree the number of interactions will go up, I disagree about the global warming part. In Canada, there are 25,000+ polar bears. Habitats have carrying capacity for predators as well as prey. Thus, the increase in interaction will be done by polar bears evicted from normal areas by other, meaner polar bears.
I agree huntfishtrap. It will only get worse I'm afraid.
Wow, great photos! Unfortunately, stories like this are probably going to become more common in the coming years as ice sheets continue to melt, and push the bears more and more onto dry land, and closer to humans.
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I do agree the number of interactions will go up, I disagree about the global warming part. In Canada, there are 25,000+ polar bears. Habitats have carrying capacity for predators as well as prey. Thus, the increase in interaction will be done by polar bears evicted from normal areas by other, meaner polar bears.
Wow, great photos! Unfortunately, stories like this are probably going to become more common in the coming years as ice sheets continue to melt, and push the bears more and more onto dry land, and closer to humans.
I agree huntfishtrap. It will only get worse I'm afraid.
Look at monster polar bear on the left side in photo one, standing up on that whale. Wow!
I would never leave the house in that town, without a rifle or a 44 mag.
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