Polar bears are the planet’s biggest land-based carnivores – although they actually spend most of their lives around water and ice (their Latin name means ‘sea bear’). So they’re at particular risk ...
He told me that scientists classify polar bears as marine mammals – like whales, dolphins and other mammals that live in the ocean. “They’re reliant on the sea ice that occurs over the Arcti ...
Two-thirds of the world's polar bears could be extinct by 2050 if greenhouse gas-fueled global warming keeps melting their Arctic sea-ice habitat. The Center has led the charge to save polar bears ...
Wildlife is abundant in this remote and fragile area, and we were looking for seals and polar bears. NGM Maps When we anchored the boat at the fjord ice, we spotted several seals resting on the ...
A polar bear! Its thick fur helps it to hide and keep ... One of the ways it survives is by taking water directly from the ice. A seal sitting on the ice! They have lots of fat under their skin ...
(Jeff Burnett/Ness Lake Bible Camp) People enter the water through a hole cut in the ice at Gatineau Park's Meech Lake in Chelsea, Que., during a polar bear dip on New Year's Day. The tradition ...