Environmental
Aug. 26, 2015
Polar bears fight for Alaska
Chances are, the federal government's plan to carve out a California-sized part of Alaska as a critical habitat for polar bears will be upheld in a case pending before the 9th Circuit. By Kassie Siegel
A polar bear can walk over 600 miles in a year, sniffing out ringed seals under sea
ice, finding a mate, and perhaps digging a den and giving birth.
The sea ice where polar bears hunt shifts daily. A bear that gives birth on sea ice
might enter her maternity den in November in one spot and emerge months later 1,000
miles away, with two cubs in tow. Or she might lose h...
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