Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago, is thought to be heating at six times the global average.
And with the rising temperature causing an unprecedented thawing of frozen ground, the growing risk of avalanche hangs over this Arctic community in winter. In summer, mudslides are more likely than ever to wipe out everything in their path.
"When I look at it, it's like a wound," sighs Limstrand, "and it reminds me somehow of our wounded planet." "To survive as a polar bear now, I think you have to be super good at hunting because the main source of food, the seals, are diminishing," she explains. "And the ice that both the seals and the bears are dependent on is also diminishing."Since the 1980s, the amount of summer sea ice has halved and some scientists fear it will be gone altogether by 2035."The avalanche claimed the lives of two people.
Today he is our polar bear guard as well as scientific eyes and ears. He also carries a gun, although this is a standard accessory in Svalbard.In that time, he estimates 100m of elevation has been lost. The melted ice has raised sea levels across the world. "It makes me sad," he sighs. "I've been here all my life. Knowing it was a mining town and now it's coming to an end. It's more and more of a tourist town - a La La Land."A view from the mine
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