Several hundred Greenland bears survive by hunting seals from freshwater ice instead, scientists say.
A group of polar bears in a remote region in Greenland now hunt seals from frozen freshwater, instead of Arctic sea ice
However, in a rare piece of hopeful news for the ice bears, scientists say several hundred in southeast Greenland have now adapted to hunt using freshwater platforms."They survive in fjords that are sea ice-free more than eight months of the year because they have access to glacier - freshwater - ice", said University of Washington polar scientist Kristin Laidre, the study's lead author.
The research team spent two years interviewing Inuit hunters, who shared their ecological knowledge of the area.
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