Polar bears are hunted in Greenland according to a quota system and are considered part of the people’s livelihood. In this system, each community receives a certain number of polar bears that may be shot. A hunting ban is now to be established for southeast...
Polar bears normally need sea ice to hunt seals, as seen here. But the newly discovered subpopulation in southeast Greenland can survive on chunks of glacial ice. Photo: Julia Hager Scientists have documented a previously unknown subpopulation of polar bears living in...