Greenland polar bear update: "we seem to be surrounded by polar bears. Kurt Burnham (High Arctic Institute) claims to have seen more bears in one summer than he has in his previous twenty"

Thule Polar Bear Visitors

“It was a big week for wildlife viewing,” wrote Joe Hurley, PFS’ science support manager at the U.S. Thule Air Base in northwestern Greenland. “In addition to the usual musk ox, bird, fox and hare sightings, we seem to be surrounded by polar bears. Kurt Burnham (High Arctic Institute) claims to have seen more bears in one summer than he has in his previous twenty. A number of bears have been witnessed on the local islands and in adjacent valleys.   [Via JLS]