Student Page 4-6c 3. According to the narrative section, what is the reason for the situation in Kane Basin?
4. In recent years, climate change has replaced overhunting as the primary threat to polar bears. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the parent organization of the Polar Bear Study Group, “global climate change poses a substantial threat to the habitat of polar bears.” Given what you know about sea ice in the Qaanaaq/Kane Basin region, what would you predict is the current state of the Kane Basin polar bear population?
5. Next click some of the other Greenlandic polar bear subpopulations as well as other nearby populations. How do these compare to Kane Basin’s?