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How did polar bears get to Svalbard?

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They walked across the sea ice (where they live), and still travel in this way. There is evidence that the ancestor of the polar bear originated in present-day Ireland.

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There are about 3,000 which range from Svalbard to Jan Mayan and back to Franz Joseph Land.


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