The zoo announced that the cub born Dec. 3 will be called Siku, pronounced SEE koo, a name selected from submissions by children on the North Slope. Siku is a word for "ice" in Inupiaq.
The name was suggested by fourth-grader Isaiah Rexford of Harold Kaveolook School in Kaktovik.
The zoo worked with the World Wildlife Fund, Polar Bears International and the North Slope Borough Department of Wildlife Management to collect more than 80 possible names.
The cub remains off-exhibit in the care of its mother, Crystal. It was born with a sibling that died after a few days.
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