Snovit (N23979)

Magnus Andersen / Norwegian Polar Institute
Jon Aars / Norwegian Polar Institute

Sex
Female
Length
2 m
Related bears
N23980 (daughter)
Age
22
Weight
147 kg
Cubs
0

Each bear is idenitifed by a unique number - Snovit is bear N23979. Her name, which means 'Snow White', was chosen by Club van 100, supporters of WWF-Netherlands. Snovit's collar stopped transmitting signals in October 2016.

We've followed this bear before. She was tagged for the first time in 2008 together with her daughter, N23980. It is interesting that this spring they were captured only a few kilometres apart, and also just a few kilometres from where they were first captured in 2008.

She's only been seen once since then - in late May 2010, she was getting too close to the houses in Longyearbyen and refused to leave voluntarily. She was then tranquilized and moved to Edgeøya, where she found her way back into the fiords on the west coast. She and her cubs have stayed out of trouble with people since.

She was accompanied by 2-year-old cubs in spring 2015, but they headed off on their own shortly afterwards.

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