ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 8月14日 18時30分

Photograph by @florianschulzvisuals // When I shot the images for my @ナショナルジオグラフィック story on polar bears, I spent quite a bit of time out on boats in the Arctic ocean. I was hours up in the crows nest scanning the horizon for little cream-colored specs on the remaining ice. Bears try to hang on to the ice where they can hunt seals as long as they can before they head to land where there is almost no food for them.
In the recent years, we have seen a dramatic sea ice loss that has left polar bears without their hunting platform. This image symbolically shows the fate of the polar bear. This mother and cub are clinging on to this tiny ice floe surrounded by freezing water. Polar bears are excellent swimmers but the longer the distances get, the more energy the animals lose and young cubs often don't survive the long swims. The longest recorded traverse of a female polar bear lasted 9 days and covered 687 km (426 miles). Her cub died during this swim and she lost 22% of her body weight. We should all care! Temperatures in the Arctic are rising at twice the speed but the effects of climate change can be felt everywhere. Record-breaking heat, stronger hurricanes, more severe droughts, floods and devastating wildfires. Climate change is real and we need to finally address it in major ways. Please follow me @florianschulzvisuals as I document the remaining wilderness areas and its wildlife on our planet. #polarbears #climatechange #globalwarming #arctic

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