Gaze in Awe
Where else in the Northwest can you come nose-to-nose with a polar bear? Our Arctic Tundra. We’ve created a habitat just like the grassy tundra near Point Hope, Alaska – and filled it with massive muskoxen, an arctic fox and two playful polar bears.
Discover the Tundra
Meet the Keepers
Q: How do you care for polar bears?
A: Beary, beary carefully.
Our keepers love our bears, but caring for a large predator takes a lot of skill.
Daily Presentations
A: Beary, beary carefully.
Our keepers love our bears, but caring for a large predator takes a lot of skill.
Find it
in the zoo
You can reach our Arctic Tundra area by walking through Red Wolf Woods or strolling through Rocky Shores. It’s a circle loop that brings you back in front of the Pacific Seas Aquarium.
Plan your day
Meet Our Animals
Polar bear
Muskox
Artic Fox
Protecting Polar bears
The ice is melting.
THE THREAT: Polar bears need sea ice to find their main food – seals. Without it, they either swim to exhaustion or stay on land, too close to humans. But because of climate change, the Arctic sea ice is melting.
TAKE ACTION: It’s not too late. Save sea ice for polar bears by driving less, avoiding idling, lowering your thermostat, using LED bulbs, eating local and minimizing consumption. Together we can do it!
Tundra Stories
Support Polar Bears
Want to help polar bear research? The Zoo's Dr. Holly Reed Conservation Fund helps support Polar Bears International as they tag and track bears in the Arctic to tell the story of the challenges they face. You can help.