No, according to the tale spun, the sea ice {that they live on} is all melted and thus they must forage south on terra firma.

It's all bullshit, but not funny, either. Our entire economy here is being destroyed, yes, destroyed, by Department after Department of Federal Agencies adopting ecoterrorist policy and turning around to stop work in its tracks. It is a National catastrophe that most Back East do not understand at all. Enviroterrorism is Federal policy now and we are forced to give up our industry in the face of it. Feds trying to "create" jobs? Not on your life, they are the destroyers of employment nationwide, and in the rural West in particular.

As for polar bear in the driver seat, a question for Carpe; Let's say you are threatened by the bear, what options do you have to defend yourself?