This photograph by long – time polar bear photographer and expert Dan Guravich is of the largest polar bear ever recorded…2, 209 lbs. Now that’s a lot of polar bear! Churchill is home to many large polar bears but this one is top of the heap.
Largest polar bear recorded; 2,209 lbs.
Dan Guravich photo.
He, or she, looks kinda “old”. Does anyone keep track of them individually? Does this one have a name? Do you know how old it is? Is it safe from hunters?
Conservation tracks them with tags and logs each one. Scientists also will monitor age and migration routes.