The polar bears are left with sea water and open rocky expanses. SVALBARD, NORWAY: THESE polar bears are facing food shortages as GLOBAL WARMING conti
The polar bears are left with sea water and open rocky expanses. SVALBARD, NORWAY: THESE polar bears are facing food shortages as GLOBAL WARMING continues to melt away sea ice. In one image, an 800-pound polar bear wandered along the rocky shore looking for food as shards of melted ice washed up on land. In another, a polar bear looked out towards the sea?s remaining ice ? deciding whether the slushy platforms would act as an ample hunting ground. Photographer Nitin Michael (37) from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, captured the stunning images in Svalbard, Norway. Nitin spent three-hours with the polar bears ? coming within just 500-feet feet of them at times. Nitin used Canon EOS R and Canon 1DX Mark II cameras and RF 70-200 and EF 400 lenses to capture the photographs. There are around 3,000 polar bears living on the Svalbard archipelago, although the population is under threat. The polar bears are used to hunting on the ice floe, but as global warming causes to melt this, they are forced to find food elsewhere. As a result, the area?s polar bears weigh much less than they used to, and cubs are no longer easily able to thrive in what was once the perfect home for the species. / Nitin Michael
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