ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – The first week of November marks International Polar Bear Week, an education week dedicated to spreading awareness about the ongoing sea ice issues that Polar bears face daily.
“Polar bears are under a lot of different threats,” Sam Lavin, a curator at the Alaska Zoo, said. “The big one is that they’re losing their habitat.”
According to climate specialist, Rick Thoman, changes in Alaska’s Arctic Sea ice are impacting the environment and the climate that wildlife species call home. Thoman told Alaska’s News Source earlier this week that the Arctic’s multi-year “old ice” is gone. Each year, this results in a weaker ice pack to form…