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Description English: In summer, some polar bears do not make the transition from their winter residence on the Svalbard islands to the dense drift ice and pack ice of the high arctic where they would find a plethora of prey. This is due to global climate change which causes the ice around the islands to melt much earlier than previously. The bears need to adapt from their proper food to a diet of detritus, small animals, bird eggs and carcasses of marine animals. Very often they suffer starvation and are doomed to die. The number of these starving animals is sadly increasing.

Deutsch: Im arktischen Sommer schaffen es viele Eisbären nicht mehr, von ihrem Winterquartier auf Spitzbergen in die Treibeis- und Packeis-Zone der hohen Arktis zu gelangen, wo sie normalerweise reiche Beute machen können. Das liegt an der veränderten Eislage, die durch den Klimawandel schon früh im Jahr große eisfreie Flächen um den Archipel entstehen lässt. Stattdessen müssen die Eisbären ihre Nahrung auf Abfälle, Kleintiere, Vogeleier und Tierkadaver umstellen. Sehr oft verhungern die Tiere in dieser Situation. Ihre Zahl nimmt in jüngster Zeit beängstigend zu. Date 29 July 2015, 17:26:21 Source Own work Author Andreas Weith

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