Looking for food, the polar bear slowly rummages through a nearby trashcan used seasonally by Inuit fishers. The video he shared on Instagram was captioned, ”My entire team was pushing through their tears and emotions while documenting this dying polar bear. People think that we can put platforms in the ocean or we can feed the odd starving bear. “This is what a starving bear looks like.”By telling the story of one polar bear, Nicklen hopes to convey a larger message about how a warming climate has deadly consequences. The National Snow and Ice Data Center, which tracks sea ice cover annually, has regularly noted record lows in sea ice coverage—a decline that is expected to only get worse.

Source: Pakistan Today December 09, 2017 10:07 UTC