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It's amazing what a little fact checking can do for your perspective.

After watching 'An Inconvenient Truth', I was quite affected by the supposed plight of the Polar Bears. So I did a bit of research, and I found out two fascinating facts:

1. Polar Bear populations have increased massively over recent years.

2. Polar Bears as a species are older than the last time the Arctic Ocean was free of ice.

At that point, I began to suspect that I was being sold something.




Not only that, but polar bears are seriously migratory. If the ice retreats, they'll just follow the edge of the ice (like they already do.)


And after there’s no ice left to retreat to...?




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