# internationalpolarbearday saveourseaice svalbard polarbears antarctica orca globalwarming climatechange childrensbookillustrator childrensbookillustration childrensbookpublisher artfan southpole nonfiction kidlit penguin kidlitart abstract landscape illustration sciart icemelt water art fabercastell arctic

Lowest area for this date at since 1967 (start of records). Ice covers 172,832 sq km & is 163,465 sq km below the 1981-2010 average. No ice reaching Svalbard means pregnant can't reach the main denning areas on land. Bodes poorly for bears there.

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2018-12-01

Older, thicker Arctic sea ice is slowly disappearing: https://t.co/2OmyHgJr0R

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2018-05-22

Exciting update pages now show sea ice thickness from http://t.co/Rv2VGnm147

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2015-06-22