Frostpaw the polar bear ... who touch the bear help to sculpt its shape, a fact that the Ice Bear Project hopes will bring home to each person how humanity has the power to affect the delicate balance ...

"For polar bears, sea ice is a big dinner plate - it's access ... We tag along with a group from PBI to search for bears on the sub-Arctic tundra - just a few miles from town.

Yet floating trash is gradually creating its own landfills, which polar bears are starting to rely upon for food as the sea ice they hunt upon melts due to warming temperatures. One study about ...