Scientists found 'the most genetically isolated population of polar bears anywhere on the planet.'
The researchers already had some indication from historical records and indigenous knowledge that bears lived in the region, which is isolated from the rest of the island by jagged mountains, vast ice sheets, and treacherous bodies of water. But they didn't realize how distinctive the population was. “We wanted to survey this region because we didn’t know much about the polar bears in Southeast Greenland, but we never expected to find a new subpopulation living there," Laird said.
“The sea ice conditions in Southeast Greenland today resemble what’s predicted for Northeast Greenland by late this century," Laird said.: these bears stay close to home. That's distinctly different from most polar bears, which feed themselves and their young by traversing sea ice for long distances in search of tasty seals.
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