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Almost every summer, the amount of remaining ice gets smaller. The oldest ice has essentially disappeared. We're following polar bears by satellite around the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.

Some bears stay on land through the winter, while others head out with the sea ice. Here on the Barents Sea, polar bears are experiencing the fastest loss of sea ice recorded throughout the Arctic. As climate change reduces the size and duration of summer Arctic sea ice, scientific projections show it will last the longest above Canada and Greenland. This is the Last Ice Area. News Stories Publications The Circle. Arctic Species How we work. Places Newsroom. Weird But True! Party Animals.

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