N23802

Magnus Andersen / NPI

Age
18
Length
2.13m
Weight
186kg
Cubs
?
Most recent location
2019-05-20
Estimated travel

May 2019

This bear appeared to enter a maternity den this winter, so she may be accompanied by new cubs.

June 2018

N23802 has been captured before and we know quite a bit about what to expect from her. She has spent a lot of her time in Wijdefjorden and typically walks in and out of this and the neighboring fjords on the ice in winter and on land in summer.

This year she was alone (no cubs), and we expect her to enter a maternity den the coming fall and winter. After she got her collar this spring, she walked out along land of the more or less ice-free fjord around the northernmost tip of Spitsbergen and into Hinlopen Stretet. She made a long journey along the shore until she finally found sea ice in the southern part of Hinlopen. After spending some time in that area she moved further into Wallenbergfjorden, a fjord usually covered with fast ice in this time of the year. Currently she is in the outer part of the fjord, and maybe she is on her way back “home” to Wijdefjorden?

-Magnus Andersen, Norwegian Polar Institute

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