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Spread out across the Arctic, polar bears can be found in northern Canada, Alaska, Greenland, Norway and Russia. Estimated to number approximately 22,000, polar bears live on the sea ice, a platform from which they hunt for food.

The impacts of global climate change are felt most intensely in the Arctic, making this region a key indicator of global well-being. And as polar bears are dependent on the sea ice, the changing climate and subsequent melting of the ice puts the polar bear at risk.