How polar bears in south-east Greenland are adapting to the loss of sea ice

80 degrees

Canada

Greenland Sea

Baffin

Bay

1

Greenland

70

64 degree

parallel

Iceland

2

60

400 km

400 miles

1. Polar bears north of the 64 degree line continue to live as before, largely relying on sea ice to hunt

2. Those south of the line have come to rely on freshwater ice when sea ice is absent for much of the year, and have become genetically distinct

80 degrees

Canada

Greenland Sea

Polar bears north of the 64 degree line continue to live as before, largely relying on sea ice to hunt

Baffin

Bay

70

Greenland

64 degree

parallel

Iceland

.... but those south of the line have come to rely on freshwater ice when sea ice is absent for much of the year, and have become genetically distinct

60

400 km

400 miles