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Usually polar bears make more than one room in their
dens, and typically place them at a level higher than the
den's entrance. In this way, the warm air in the rooms,
which naturally rises, is prevented from escaping through
the entrance—because at the entrance to their dens, the

bears always leave a channel open wide enough for air to
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pass through it. A mother polar bear constructs the roof of
her shelter to be from 75 centimeters (2.5 feet) to 2 meters