Polar Bears in Iceland

Bogi Pétur Thorarensen

Slovakia 2012

Where have Polar bears been seen

Source Náttúrufræðistofun 2012

When and how many

After 1951

• In 1963 one in Hómavík• In 1966 a dead one washed to shore • In 1968 two others wear found dead In• 1969 one was shot in Grímsey• In 1974 Fljótavík á Hornströndum• In 1988 at Fljótum in Skagafirði.• Two others were shot while swimming close to

shore the first in 1975 and the other in 1993• In 2008 the same summer and both were shot after

a short visit.• In total around 611 bear from the start

There fate in Iceland

On 16 JuneThe polar bear, which was shot near the farm Hraun on the Skagi peninsula 2008.Photo: Valgarður Gíslason

• Ævar Petersen Maí 2010. Hvítabjarna Komur á Íslandi. http://www.ni.is/dyralif/spendyr/hvitabjarnakomur/

• Jón Már Halldórsson. „Hvað hafa margir ísbirnir komið til Íslands? “. Vísindavefurinn 22.12.2005. http://visindavefur.is/svar.php?id=5506 (Skoðað 14.9.2012).

• Karl Skírnisson

http://www.ni.is/media/dyrafraedi/spendyr/Um-aldur-og-aevi-hvitabjarna.pdf