Report an encounter

Please use the online form below to record the details of your polar bear sighting. Be as accurate and specific as possible. Ideally, you should submit only photos of a single bear. If you photographed more than one bear, make a separate encounter report for each additional bear. Please note that by submitting data and images, you are granting unlimited usage of these materials for research and conservation purposes only.*

Note: The fields labelled in Red are required.

Encounter date:  Day  Month  Year
Encounter time:
Sex:
Sighting location:
Examples: "near town", "near airport", "Gordon Point tourist region", "Bird Cove", etc.
GPS Latitude: °
GPS Longitude: °

GPS coordinates are in the decimal degrees format. Do you have GPS coordinates in a different format? Click here to find a converter.
Status:
Noticeable scarring:
Additional comments for identification:
Your contact information* Photographer contact information
(if you didn't take these pictures)
Name: Name:
Email: Email:
Address: Address:
Telephone: Telephone:

Other email addresses to inform of resightings and status

Note: Multiple email addresses can be entered in email fields, using commas as separators.

*Please add up to four digital images or video files from this encounter by using the fields below. Image files of type JPEG (.jpg) at full quality and full size are preferred, but any image or video of type .jpg, .jpeg, .bmp, .gif, .mov, .wmv, .avi, or .mpg is acceptable.

 

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