January 31, 2011
426 Miles Across The Arctic Seas
It was tracked that a polar bear swam for nine days though the Beaufort Sea in search for a chunk of ice to haul out on. Unfortunately her yearling cub did not make the journey with their mother. These reports coming more and more frequent as the Arctic ice slowly melts away that journey's like this are being made more frequently. This polar bear was equipped with a GPS collar, and a temperature sensor to view how her body reacted to swimming constantly in the frigid waters. Losing over 100 pounds along he journey of over 400 miles from Barrow, Alaska all the way to the Beaufort coast near the Canadian Border.
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