Researchers see a new pattern in the arrival of polar bears to Iceland

Bears seem to arrive in Iceland when pack ice melts from beneath them.

By Iceland Monitor July 12, 2018
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“Polar bears used to arrive in Iceland when there was a lot of pack ice but now we seem to have entered a period of time when polar bears arrive when pack ice rapidly melts beneath them,” says Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir, geographer and professor at the University of Iceland speaking to mbl.is.

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