The ice bear inhabits several distinct biomes, including shallow coastal waters where crabs reside, the open ocean with large whales and sharks, polar seas that are nearly always covered in thick ice and are very cold, nearly polar seas that are ice-covered or have ice floes for most of the year and experience very cold winters, and taiga forests characterized by a cold winter and coniferous trees such as spruce and pine. The species’ landscape includes marine environments, coastal waters, and the nearshore zone along the seabed. The climate varies across its habitat, encompassing polar tundra with short summers and abundant moss, extremely cold conditions with significant snow and ice, snowy winters, and tundra characterized by very cold temperatures, a short summer, sparse vegetation, and plentiful moss. The species’ elevation ranges up to 100 meters above sea level.