With an enormous sperm whale to feast on, Svalbard polar bears gain access to more than just the bear necessities
roaming the Arctic wilderness are finding it harder to get an easy meal. As sea ice declines due to climate change, it forces bears onto land, away from their main diet of seals. So, when a dead sperm whale washes up on a beach in“Luck in Svalbard comes in the form of manna from heaven,” says wildlife film-maker Jeff Wilson, who was in the region directing the Disneynature filmWhen food is plentiful, competition between the bears is reduced.
Wilson thinks the carcass was feeding bears for a second consecutive year, re-emerging after a winter under the ice. “We believe there’s about 3 billion calories in a sperm whale,” he says.. “ future is very bleak,” says Wilson. “Solutions depend on humanity shifting its lifestyle and energy consumption if polar bears are to have any chance at all.
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