polar bear habitat

Ice cap region

The Arctic region where polar bears live and hunt, characterized by sea ice, coastal areas, and cold marine environments.

Polar bear habitat centers on pack ice, which the bears depend on for hunting seals.

Climate change and melting sea ice have made polar bear habitat a frequent reference point in environmental discussions: The oil drilling proposal threatened critical polar bear habitat.

Related
  • arcticOf extreme northern cold
  • Arctic CircleNorthern latitude marking perpetual daylight zone
  • iceWater's solid form
  • tundraFrigid treeless biome
  • frozenSolidified by extreme cold

frozen tundra · snow · sea ice · ice floe · ice shelf · glacier · den · northern wilderness · wilderness · cold · floe · permafrost · hunting ground · seal · sea mammal · ocean · white · barren

Opposites
climate extremity

polar bear habitattropical rainforest

Humid equatorial biome with dense vegetation

desert · Sahara Desert · Amazon rainforest · African savanna · Death Valley

geographic latitude

polar bear habitattropical zone

Warm latitudes near equator

Congo Basin · equatorial region · equatorial rainforest

ecosystem type

polar bear habitatcoral reef

Calcium carbonate marine ecosystem

mangrove swamp · temperate forest · deciduous woodland · desert oasis · grassland

Family

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