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Welcome to Polar Bears Place. This is a site where you will be able to learn about Polar Bears, look at pictures, and have fun. My spirit animal is the Polar Bear and that is why I decided to design a place about them!!! I lived in Anchorage for several years and would go back in a heart beat! Being from the north, raised in cold weather, I have always loved the cold and snow. Some people would like to live in the tropics, but give me the SNOW!!!!! Here is my collage that I designed with a lot of pictures I got off the Internet in Print Artist and got ready for the web with Paint Shop Pro.
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As you can see I love Polar Bears I have created a desktop theme with the Polar Bear collage if you would like it you can e-mail me at
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Alaska is home to the ferocious polar bear and the gregarious walrus. Polar bears live only at the very most northern tip of Alaska where they can remain next to the ice flows of the arctic. Unlike other bears, polar bears do not hibernate. How do they keep warm in this frigid arctic environment?
Polar Bears have fur that is different from any other animal. Close to their body they have a thick layer of woolly fur to keep them warm, but they also have long hollow guard hairs that stick up at all times. They look like plastic straws and keep the bear's hair from matting down while swimming in the cold arctic water. If you have ever been to a zoo located in a warm climate, you may have noticed that the polar bears fur appears to have a greenish cast to it. This happens because in warmer climates algae actually grows inside the polar bear's hollow guard hairs, giving the fur a greenish tint. (Matt also says to mention that these same hairs are prized for tying flies!) The white appearance of the polar bear's fur helps to camouflage it while hunting for its prey, which is mainly ringed and bearded seals, but they will also eat walrus, eggs, and beach cast carrion. Their prominent black nose can be seen from six miles away through binoculars on a clear day in the arctic. White may be great for camouflage, but black helps to absorb heat, and so underneath that fur the polar bear actually has black skin. The black skin absorbs the heat from the sun and helps him to stay warm.
Polar bears are great swimmers and will swim from ice flow to ice flow at a cruising speed of about 6 miles per hour. They have been seen swimming 50 miles away from any ice or land. A thick layer of blubber helps to insulate the polar bear and keep him warm.
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