From the end of October to mid-December, there has been a rapid expansion of polar bear habitat.
This month, I’ve constructed two all-in-one images that show the progressive growth of the ice relative to some critical polar bear onshore summer refuge areas and denning territory. I’ve also included a map that compares 2013 to 2009 at 18 December with the average for the 1980s, and one that shows ice thickness.
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Tagged Canadian Ice Service, dens, ice development, MASIE, onshore, polar bear, polar bear habitat, sea ice extent, sea ice thickness, sea ice volume, winter ice
Freeze-up in Western Hudson Bay is finally underway. It’s no later this year than average, similar to last year.
This rather contradicts the hysterical hue and cry from the tag-team of Polar Bears International (PBI) spokesperson Steven Amstrup and Guardian reporter Suzanne Goldenberg last week during PBI’s “Polar Bear Week” propaganda blitz (see previous posts here, here, and here),
So much for the trend towards later freeze-up dates that PBI says is endangering polar bears in Western Hudson Bay.
On-the-ground observers confirm polar bears are preparing to move out and sea ice maps show the ice is forming very rapidly — see maps and quotes below.
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Tagged Canadian Ice Service, Churchill, fight for survival, freeze-up, Goldenberg, Hudson Bay, ice development, Kelsey Eliasson, polar bear week, polar bears, Polar Bears International, PolarBearAlley, Steven Amstrup, western hudson bay
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