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Tracking Polar Bears On Hudson Bay


As the Hudson Bay begins to freeze over for the wintertime instantly is a practiced fourth dimension to catch Polar Bears International's Bear Tracker map.  The Bear Tracker map is tracking the movements of xiv polar bears on as well as around Hudson Bay.

Each of the polar bears has been fitted alongside a GPS neckband which allows Polar Bears International to rails the bears' movements as well as to demo their locations on the Bear Tracker map (with a fourth dimension delay for the bear's safety). The map likewise includes a sea-ice layer, which shows the extent of the electrical current sea-ice extent on the bay. Currently the sea-ice is forming a footling agency out into the bay as well as the polar bears are using the chance to venture out onto the H2O ice to hunt seals.

The map includes a time-line which allows y'all to sentiment the bears' movements since 2013. The time-line likewise shows the sea-ice extent for each twenty-four sixty minutes catamenia since i October 2013.