Where can you see the Polar Bear?
Some of the best places to see the Polar Bear in the wild include South Spitsbergen National Park (Norway), Scoresby Sund (Greenland) and Wapusk National Park (Canada) — among 12 wildlife hotspots across Norway, Greenland, Canada, Russia and the United States. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge
Alaska, United States
+391 birds+58 mammals
Where the North Pacific collides with Alaska's rugged coastline, a sprawling archipelago of islands, rocky outcrops, and coastal headlands forms one of North America's most remote…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYArctic National Wildlife Refuge
Arctic Village, United States
+132 birds+15 mammals
Across the northernmost reaches of Alaska's Unorganized Borough, where the Brooks Range rises from the coastal plain and tundra spreads endlessly toward the Arctic Ocean, lies…
VIEW WILDLIFE SANCTUARYNortheast Greenland National Park
Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland
+34 birds+10 mammals
Where granite peaks plunge into the Arctic Ocean and pack ice dominates a landscape of incomparable vastness, one of Earth's most remote wildernesses reveals itself. Spanning…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNorthern Isfjorden National Park
Norway
+40 birds+12 mammals
Where the Arctic fjord system cuts deep into Svalbard's northwestern coast, Northern Isfjorden National Park protects a landscape of stark geological drama—towering cliff faces, tidewater glaciers,…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNorthwest Spitsbergen National Park
Norway
+58 birds+17 mammals
Where the High Arctic converges with the Norwegian mainland, Northwest Spitsbergen National Park sprawls across one of Earth's most extreme and pristine wildernesses. Crowned by jagged…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKRussian Arctic National Park
Russia
+23 birds+3 mammals
Across the stark tundra of Russia's northwestern Arctic, where permafrost defines the land and sunlight dictates the rhythm of life, lies a landscape sculpted by ice…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSassen-Bünsow Land National Park
Soere, Norway
+30 birds+10 mammals
Where Arctic tundra sprawls across glaciated plateaus in the remote Svalbard archipelago, a realm of raw geological drama unfolds. Sassen-Bünsow Land National Park encompasses a landscape…
VIEW NATIONAL PARKScoresby Sund
Vandreblok, Greenland
+43 birds+9 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce an Arctic sky and the world's largest fjord system carves deep into northeastern Greenland, a primordial landscape unfolds in shades of ice-blue…
VIEW PROTECTED LANDSCAPESirmilik National Park
Qikiqtaaluk Region, Canada
+58 birds+4 mammals
Where the Canadian Arctic archipelago fractures into a labyrinth of islands, Sirmilik National Park protects one of the High North's most pristine marine and terrestrial ecosystems.…
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