The huge polar bear is one of the largest land carnivores in the world. A thick winter coat and a layer of fat protect it against cold air and water. The white coat serves as a camouflage in the snow. The Polar bear can, if necessary, swim steadily for many hours to get from one piece of ice to another. Bears may travel more than 43 miles a day.
Pregnant females excavate a maternity den, generally in drifted snow near the coast.
Cubs, at birth, weigh less than two pounds and are hairless, blind, and deaf. The male bear has a total length of seven to nine and a half feet, a height of about four feet at the shoulders and a weight of 770 to 1430 pounds. They live also in Denmark, Norway and the Soviet Union. Habitat The Polar bear inhabits a cold and hostile environment-the sea ice and waters, islands and coasts of the Artic. All Rights Reserved.