Photograph © Subhankar Banerjee

ANWR Exhibit Photographs

Polar Bear Den with Tracks
of Mother and Cubs
Coastal Plain

The Arctic Refuge is the only national conservation area in the United States where polar bears regularly den. The coastal plain is the most consistently used land denning area for polar bears of the Beaufort Sea. The pregnant bears dig their dens in November, then give birth to one or two tiny cubs in December or January. The mothers nurse and care for the young at the den until March or early April.

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