
General Director of the Nature and People Foundation Sergei Rybakov said that the number of polar bears in the entire Arctic is estimated at 22-31 thousand individuals, of which 7-9 thousand live in the Russian part of the Arctic.
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Rybakov: 22-31 thousand polar bears live in the Arctic
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The number of polar bears in the entire Arctic is estimated at approximately 22-31 thousand individuals.
The Russian part of the Arctic is home to approximately 7–9 thousand polar bears.
MOSCOW, September 15 - RIA Novosti. The number of polar bears in the entire Arctic is estimated at 22-31 thousand individuals, of which 7-9 thousand live in the Russian part, Sergei Rybakov, general director of the Nature and People Foundation, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.
“In the circumpolar Arctic (in the entire northern polar region of the Earth - ed.) there are about 26 thousand polar bears. At the same time, it is more correct to talk not about the exact figure, but about the interval of approximately 22-31 thousand individuals,” Rybakov said.
He clarified that in the Russian part of the Arctic, “an estimated 7-9 thousand bears live.”

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