Arctic Global Warming - Mike Freeman paddles through the Beaufort Sea
Photo credit: John Burcham
Mike Freeman paddles through the Beaufort Sea. Pack ice in the region has diminished 20 percent since the 1970s, jeopardizing polar bears that depend upon the ice as hunting platforms for seals, and allowing the ocean to absorb—rather than reflect—the sun’s heat as part of a series of warming cycles drastically altering the Arctic.
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