What shall we do without polar bears, polar bears are slowly disappearing because they are drowning. How can an animal that is designed to be able to swim drown? Very simple polar bears rely on ice packs to be able to get out of the water to rest. When there is no ice for the polar bear to be able to get out of the water to rest they drown. Another problem which is causing the polar bear numbers to go down is the fact that polar bears patrol ice packs looking for seal breathing holes. They know this is where they can find one of their favorite foods seals. No ice, polar bears have a harder time finding seals so more bears are found dead because of starvation. Polar bears are also known to turn to cannibalism in times of starvation, which means that adults bears, are killing many younger bears.

So, who is the culprit behind the disappearance of the ice causing the shrinking of the polar bear numbers; of course, it is people through pollution. We are filing the atmosphere with so much carbon dioxide, that it is causing the temperature of the earth to raise to the point that the ice of the Arctic is disappearing. What happens is carbon dioxide, which is also called greenhouse gases are causing the atmosphere to trap the heat of the earth, on the earth raising the temperature of the earth. This heat would normally escape into outer space, but greenhouse gases are not allowing this. Therefore, as we continue to pollute increasing the levels of greenhouse gases, the earth temperatures continue to rise melting the ice packs of the Arctic. Moreover making us, people responsible for the quickly disappearing bears. I can not tell you how long until these great bears disappear, but if we each do not start doing our part to turn this around, we may see them disappear before we know it. 
          
                                                          Earl R. Gile