Melting Ice caps causes rough conditions for polar bears. Melting glaciers and land based ice sheets also contribute to rising sea levels which can cause coastal flooding and contamination of fresh water supplies. Average temperatures in the Arctic are rising twice as fast and the ice is getting thinner, melting and rupturing. An example of this is the largest single block of ice in the Arctic called the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, it has been around for 3,000 years and in the year 2000 it started cracking. Within 2 years it has split all the way through and is now breaking into pieces. Polar bears, whales, walrus, and seals are changing thier feeding and migration patterns. Which means that they will have to find some other way to obtain food and a place to live. As you can see in this picture the polar bear is traveling through some area that most likely was overcome by ice, but due to global warming all the ice melted.
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