Miller, Joshua M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4019-7675
Malenfant, René M. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1505-3669
Rivkin, L. Ruth http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2632-3388
Atwood, Todd C. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1971-3110
Baryluk, Steven
Born, Erik W. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8151-5481
Dietz, Rune
Laidre, Kristin L. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2787-650X
Pongracz, Jodie
Richardson, Evan S. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3172-5592
Wiig, Øystein http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0395-5251
Davis, Corey S. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4362-0659
Funding for this research was provided by:
Environment & Climate Change Canada
Article History
Received: 29 November 2023
Accepted: 27 April 2024
First Online: 13 June 2024
Declarations
:
: Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) sample collections were reviewed and approved by the ECCC Western and Northern Animal Care Committee. Northwest Territories sample collections were reviewed and approved by the Wildlife Care Committee, Northwest Territories. U.S. Geological Survey polar bear research was conducted under U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service permit #MA690038, and capture and handling protocols were approved by the U.S. Geological Survey Alaska Science Center Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. Samples from Greenland were collected under approvals J.nr. 66.24/03 (5 February 2007 and 5 February 2008) and 2015-110281/document 1858991 from the Greenland Ministry for Hunting, Fisheries and Agriculture. Additional samples were collected as part of subsistence harvest by Inuit and therefore exempt from institutional ethical approval.
: Not applicable.
: All authors have read the manuscript and approve of its submission for publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.