Polar Bear

Polar Bear Hunting

For several thousand years, polar bears have been a big part of the cultural and spiritual life of the Inuit people. The Inuit refer to them as “Nanook“. The Norwegians have referred to them as the “Ice Bear”. Russians call them the “White Bear”. Even though they are considered their own distinct species of bear, there has actually been some evidence of possible hybrids of brown bears and polar bears.

Fossilized polar bear bones date between 110,000 and 130,000 years old. About 10,000 or 20,000 years ago, the polar bears’ molars started to change dramatically.  Adapting to life in the Arctic, they developed large, furry feet and short, heavy, sharp claws to give them better traction to on ice.

There is also some DNA evidence suggesting that polar bears and brown bears could have diverged as much as 400,000 years ago. They were identified as a distinct species in 1774 by Constantine John Phipps.

Polar bears are a unique and amazing animal.

Adult polar bears can weigh over 1,500 pounds and can reach almost 10 feet in length. The largest polar bear ever recorded weighed over 2,200 pounds, and when mounted, stood 11 feet 1 inch tall. The oldest wild polar bear on record died at the age of 32. They can swim under water for up to 3 minutes. Nanook also swim extreme distances, the longest known being 220 miles. 

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This outfitter has guided polar bear hunts for the likes of Gary Colbath, Bob Foulkrod, Tom Miranda, and Jim Shockey. If you are going to hunt polar bears, do the best polar bear hunt out there.

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