The Petersburg Post

Thursday, Jan 29th, 2026 - The Barents Sea has lost sea ice faster than other areas with polar bears as temperatures have risen there more than in other Arctic regions. Their icy hunting grounds are rapidly shrinking, but polar bears in Norway's remote Svalbard archipelago have defied the odds by bulking up instead of wasting away, a study said Thursday. The Barents Sea has lost sea ice faster than other areas with polar bears as ...