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), Disko Bay (Greenland) and Scoresby Sund (Greenland) — among 11 wildlife hotspots across Norway, Greenland, Canada and Russia. Every hotspot below shows real sighting data and the best seasons to visit.
Disko Bay
Kitsissuarsuit, Greenland
+15 birds+5 mammals
Icebergs the size of cathedrals calve continuously from Greenland’s second-largest glacier into waters that pulse with Arctic vitality. Here, where […]
VIEW PROTECTED LANDSCAPEForlandet National Park
Vera, Norway
+24 birds+4 mammals
Windswept Arctic tundra meets jagged coastal cliffs where the Barents Sea crashes against Norway’s northernmost wilderness. This sliver of protected […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNortheast Greenland National Park
Northeast Greenland National Park, Greenland
+27 birds+10 mammals
Where granite peaks plunge into the Arctic Ocean and pack ice dominates a landscape of incomparable vastness, one of Earth’s […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNorthern Isfjorden National Park
Norway
+22 birds+12 mammals
Granite peaks plunge into the fjord’s crystalline waters, their cliffs carved by ancient ice and crowned with Arctic tundra. This […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKNorthwest Spitsbergen National Park
Norway
+26 birds+4 mammals
Where Arctic tundra surrenders to jagged peaks and tidewater glaciers, a landscape of raw grandeur unfolds across the northwestern reaches […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSassen-Bünsow Land National Park
Soere, Norway
+15 birds+2 mammals
Where Arctic tundra sprawls across glaciated plateaus in the remote Svalbard archipelago, a realm of raw geological drama unfolds. Sassen-Bünsow […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKScoresby Sund
Vandreblok, Greenland
+14 birds+4 mammals
Where granite peaks pierce an Arctic sky and the world’s largest fjord system carves deep into northeastern Greenland, a primordial […]
VIEW PROTECTED LANDSCAPESirmilik National Park
Qikiqtaaluk Region, Canada
+34 birds+5 mammals
Where the Canadian Arctic archipelago fractures into fjords and limestone cliffs, one of Earth’s most pristine marine ecosystems unfolds across […]
VIEW NATIONAL PARKSouth Spitsbergen National Park
Norway
+19 birds+5 mammals
Towering peaks of dark basalt and pale marble thrust skyward across the Arctic archipelago, their flanks sculpted by ancient glaciers […]
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