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$Caption: Exclusive: COP 26: Playwright who explored Arctic says \'paradise on ice\' could be lost forever Credit Nick Drake$

Playwright who explored Arctic to warn of vanishing 'paradise of ice' at COP26

UK October 27, 2021 By Josh Layton

**EMBARGOED UNTIL 16.00 BST, THURS JULY 1 (11:00 ET)** A polar bear is perched on a thick chunk of sea ice north of Greenland in March 2016. These thicker, older pieces of sea ice don't fully protect the larger region from losing its summer ice cover. See SWNS story SWNNarctic; The last remaining Arctic safe haven for ice loving animals trying to escape rising temperatures has begun to crumble, reveals a new study. The Last Ice Area - a region located north of Greenland and the Canadian Arctic archipelago which is usually covered in ice all year round - has not escaped climate change, say scientists. Animals such as polar bears depend on permanent ice cover to hunt for seals and build dens where they raise their young. Walruses also use floating icebergs as platforms for foraging. But rising global temperatures have meant permanently ice-covered patches in and around the Arctic Ocean are few and far between.

Last remaining area of Arctic sea ice beginning to crumble, study finds

Tech July 1, 2021 By Metro Science Reporter

Walrus spotted in Cornwall for first time thought to be Wally last seen in Wales

UK May 20, 2021 By Siba Jackson

Earth lost over 28 trillion tonnes of ice in the last three decades

Tech January 26, 2021 By Jeff Parsons

I went diving with polar bears in the wild to capture my dream photo

Lifestyle July 6, 2020 By Amos Nachoum

There's a wildfire raging in the Arctic Circle

World June 4, 2020 By Zoe Drewett

The scenery in Ittoqqortoormiit, East Greenland which might be the most remote holiday destination on the planet. See SWNS story SWBRdestination; Thinking of escaping the 'rat race'? Then you can't get much further than this ...a remote hotel in Greenland which is 500-miles from anywhere. The settlement of Ittoqqortoormiit [CORR] in East Greenland has a buzzing population ??? of 450 people ??? and the odd polar bear. It takes three flights and a helicopter ride to travel the 1,486 miles from London and frequently posts temperatures below 20 degrees Celsius, making it one of the coldest places on earth. However, the tiny town offers front-row seats to the cosmic display of Aurora Borealis ??? also known as the Northern Lights. It???s also the gateway to the National Park of North-East Greenland, which is the biggest national park in the world.

Hotels.com will pay for you to stay in a remote hotel 500 miles from anywhere

Travel December 3, 2018 By Hattie Gladwell

Santa Claus carrying sack of gifts, portrait, close-up

Where does Santa live, where's Lapland and where's the North Pole?

UK November 21, 2021 By Amy Duncan

6 out-of-this world trips to book this year

Travel July 3, 2018 By Rhian Morgan

Incredible moment 230 polar bears turn up to feast on whale carcass

World December 12, 2019 By Jimmy Nsubuga

Global warming has led to a buried Arctic seed freezer being breached

World December 12, 2019 By Adam Smith

20 adorable and awe-inspiring reasons to celebrate International Polar Bear Day

World February 27, 2016 By Mandy Mazliah

'Hangry' polar bear gets in a strop when he smells food he can't reach

World December 11, 2019 By Matt Payton

Shell stops drilling in the Arctic (and it's costing them £2bn)

World December 11, 2019 By Nicholas Reilly

For tourists and wildlife photographers, the main reason to come to Svalbard is to see polar bears. And yes, usually we find them: beautiful bears, photogenic bears, playfull or even at a kill. At first glance, everything is as it has always been in one of the most easily accessible polar bear populations of the world, strongly protected and doing good, so some scientists say. But are they really doing good, the bears up here? I am a critically minded person, and I observe. I see the summers being so pleasant (and warm) as never before. I see the glaciers calving, retreating dozens to hundreds of metres every year. I see the pack ice disappearing in record speed. Yes, I have seen bears in good shape - but I have also seen dead and starving polar bears. Bears walking on the shores, looking for food, bears trying to hunt reindeer, eating bird's eggs, moss and seaweed. And I realized that the fat bears are nearly exclusively males which stay on the pack ice all year long. The females, on the other hand, which den on land to give birth to their young, are often slim. With the pack ice retreating further and further north every year, they tend to be stuck on land where there's not much food. In the first year, they lose their first cub. In the second year, they lose their second (and last) cub. Only once I have seen a mother with a nearly independent cub. Only few times I have seen beautifully fat mothers with beautifully fat young. Many times I have seen horribly thin bears, and those were exclusively females - like this one here. A mere skeleton, hurt on her front leg, possibly by a desperate attempt to hunt a walrus while she was stuck on land. Experts claim the Svalbard population is stable, even rising. Well, here comes my question: how can a population be stable if it consists of less and less females and cubs? How can a population be doing good if most bear will score a body index of 2-3 out of 5? Only once I have seen a bear getting a big fat ¿5", but several times I have seen dead bears and bears like this one: a mere ¿1" on the scale, doomed to death. I do not have scientific data to proof my observations, but I have eyes to see - and a brain to draw conclusions. Climate change is happening big deal here in the Arctic. And it is our decision to trying to change this. So: let's do something about the biggest threat of our time. Maybe we cannot save this bear here. But every little action we do to change our ways is a step in the right direction. We just have to get started and keep on going!

This photo of a starving polar bear might not be all it seems

World December 11, 2019 By Nicholas Reilly

Muslims in the Arctic Circle left confused over Ramadan as the sun never sets

World December 11, 2019 By Nicholas Reilly

Lego to end Shell oil partnership after being targeted by environmental campaigners

World December 10, 2019 By Matt Payton

Live the high life at hotel among the forest branches

Weird December 9, 2019 By Ross McGuinness for Metro

Arctic Circle rainbow really does have a ‘pot of gold’ at the end of it

Weird December 9, 2019 By metrowebukmetro

Bruce Parry off to Arctic Circle

Showbiz December 9, 2019 By metrowebukmetro

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