07/09/2024
Residents avoid going outside after dark and leave their cars unlocked to potentially provide shelter to anyone encountering a bear. But it’s the bears who are under threat, here and around the Arctic. Because of melting sea ice, they’re losing their habitat and catching fewer seals, thus depleting their life-giving fat stores. This leads to smaller litter sizes and dwindling populations; the Hudson Bay one has dropped by a third in the past five years.
