I was watching a documentary type of program on either The Science Channel or Nat Geo recently. According to them most every animal, except the polar bear, living in the north arctic region is thriving due to the receding ice.
I could see this. On a related note: Fewer polar bears = more seals. If the seal population explodes, or even expands, will the PETA pussies still cry about the seal hunt? Will the nanny governments of Europe continue to ban seal meat coming from Canada? I can't wait for the eventual about-face on this.
Stormfront is crying. "In a chart accompanying their Nature article, Kelly, Whiteley and Tallmon identify 22 marine mammal species they believe may be at risk of hybridization. They report that several Arctic hybrids have been documented already by DNA testing. For example, hunters shot a white bear with brown patches in 2006 that later was confirmed to be a polar bear-grizzly bear hybrid." http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/12/101216132949.htm