Climate change is putting polar bears at risk, and now you can see first hand how the world’s largest land carnivore is coping with vanishing sea ice. WWF-Canada’s new Polar Bear Tracker allows visitors to watch the movements of six polar bears in the Hudson Bay region.

The six mother bears featured on the Polar Bear Tracker website were fitted with satellite radio collars in October. Dr. Peter Ewins, Director of Species Conservation for WWF-Canada, was part of the expedition to collar two of the bears in Wapusk National Park. This area is critical habitat for the western Hudson Bay population of polar bears as it contains the world’s largest known polar bear maternity denning area.

The data collected by the satellite collars will help to determine where polar bears are travelling in their range, how climate change is affecting them, and how they are adapting to the melting of sea ice. In addition to the tracker, visitors to the website can access a gallery of Canadian video and photos of polar bears, polar bear and climate facts, and a blog about Dr. Ewins’ experience in the field.

In late December, the US Government will announce its decision on the listing of polar bears as a “Threatened” species. Today, fewer than 25,000 polar bears remain in the wild.

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