Polar bears in Greenland have adapted to hunt via freshwater ice in response to a loss of sea ice driven by climate change
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A group of several hundred polar bears in south-eastern Greenland often catch seals by waiting outside their prey's breathing holes on blocks of floating freshwater ice from glaciers, in an example of the animals adapting to a loss of sea ice driven by climate change
Polar bear in the arctic forest of Antarctica #1 Digital Art by Benny Marty
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Wildlife Watching at the Hudson Bay
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Polar bears in Greenland have adapted to hunt via freshwater ice
Polar bear in the arctic forest of Antarctica #1 Digital Art by Benny Marty
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Wildlife Watching at the Hudson Bay
Polar bear in the arctic forest of Antarctica #1 Digital Art by Benny Marty
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Wildlife Watching at the Hudson Bay
Polar bear in the arctic forest of Antarctica #1 Digital Art by Benny Marty
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Wildlife Watching at the Hudson Bay
Polar bear in the arctic forest of Antarctica #1 Digital Art by Benny Marty
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Wildlife Watching at the Hudson Bay
Polar bear in the arctic forest of Antarctica #1 Digital Art by Benny Marty
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Wildlife Watching at the Hudson Bay
Polar bear in the arctic forest of Antarctica #1 Digital Art by Benny Marty
Wildlife Watching at the Hudson Bay
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Polar bears in Greenland have adapted to hunt via freshwater ice
Polar bear in the arctic forest of Antarctica #1 Digital Art by Benny Marty
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Wildlife Watching at the Hudson Bay
Polar bear in the arctic forest of Antarctica #1 Digital Art by Benny Marty
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Wildlife Watching at the Hudson Bay