To All About Polar Bears

    Polar bears live in these 19 fairly distinct areas in the circumpolar North. Population estimates are by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), Polar Bear Specialist Group, 1997.

Region	Population
Western Hudson Bay	1200
Southern Hudson Bay	1000
Foxe Basin	2300
Lancaster Sound	1700
Baffin Bay	2200
Norwegian Bay	100
Kane Basin	200
Queen Elizabeth	200?
Davis Strait	1400
Gulf of Boothia	900
M'Clintock Channel	700
Viscount Melville Sound	230
Northern Beaufort Sea	1200
Southern Beaufort Sea	1800
Chukchi sea	2000-5000
Laptev Sea	800-1200
Franz Josef Land /       Novaya Zemlya	2500-3500
Svalbard	1700-2200
East Greenland	unknown