It may look like fun but this is serious training for the task ahead There's no food on the slopes and the family will need to head out across the frozen sea before the mother's milk runs dry Two weeks later they're ready Out on the sea ice the female can hunt for seals but it'll take all her mothering skills to keep her cubs safe in this dangerous world of ice The annual melt has begun This is a challenging time for the bear family One out of every two cubs do not survive their first year out on the ice As the sun's influence increases the sea ice seems to take on a life of its own Glacial melt waters pour from the land mingling with the sea and speeding up the thaw编辑于2023/12/24更新