Your browser does not support this video. Permalink: https://photo.greenpeace.org/archive/Polar-Bears-27MZIFVKRB58.htmlConceptually similarPolar Bear and Cub in Front of Arctic Sunrise in Svalbard - ClipreelGP0STQ4MGCompleted★★★★★★★Arctic Sea Ice Minimum 2016 - Archive ClipreelGP0STQ46YCompleted★★★★★★Polar Bear in AlaskaGP03XE8Completed★★★★Polar Bear at Robeson ChannelGP03XE7Completed★★★★★★Polar Bear in GreenlandGP03XE9Completed★★★★★★★Arctic Sea Ice GP04354Completed★★★★★★★3D Model of Ice FloesGP04QYPCompleted★★★★Frozen World: Save the Arctic 2017 - Web Video (ENGLISH version)GP0STQFBWCompleted★★★★Frozen World: Save the Arctic 2017 - Web Video (SPANISH version)GP0STQFBXCompleted★★★★View AllGP04356Polar BearsVarious shots of polar bears on ice floes and in the water close to the Arctic Sunrise. Polar bears are suprisingly agile and also very strong swimmers, they are able to negotiate the mixed terrain of solid sea ice and broken floes of ice, occasionally swimming from one floe to the next. In completely open water, or in an environment free of sea ice, however, polar bears cannot survive for very long; they are entirely dependent on sea ice from which to hunt from. At one point, one polar bear becomes fascinated with a 'reference sphere' used by an architect who was collaborating with scientists working on Arctic sea ice. The cub and its mother stopped science work prematurely when they came by the ship which was moored to an ice floe. While the researchers watched from the safety of the ship the cub proceeded to play with the ball on a stick, pawing it biting it and trying to pull it from the ground. Afterwards the work accessing Arctic sea ice thickness and characteristics continued.Locations:Arctic-Arctic Ocean-NorwayDate:4 Sep, 2011Credit:© GreenpeaceDuration:3m47sAudio format:NaturalProduction Type :B-ROLLKeywords:Climate (campaign title)-Climate change-Climate change impacts-Educational and research equipment-Ice-Icescapes-KWCI (GPI)-Polar bears-SwimmingShoot:Arctic Sunrise Expedition to SvalbardLeading independent ice scientists from the University of Cambridge joined the Greenpeace ice breaker Arctic Sunrise on an expedition to test Arcticsea ice thickness, in a year that could mark the lowest sea ice minimum on record. Temperature rise in the Arctic is among the fastest on Earth due to emissions of carbon dioxide from oil, coal and gas. As climate change causes the Arctic’s sea ice cover to recede, the ice’s cooling effect caused by its reflecting solar radiation back into space is reduced, causing temperatures to rise even faster. Related Collections:Arctic Sunrise Expedition to Svalbard (Photo + Video)Sea Ice Minimum (Photo + Video)