Some scientists are saying the last bit of Arctic Ocean ice will occur in 2040. Polar Bears aren't sustaining now.

Polar Bears don't do well on thin ice and that is what is in the Arctic Ocean now. I believe it was last year's assessment when Norwegian scientists couldn't set up their equipment to evaluate the Arctic Ocean because the ice was cracking under it's weight when it never did before. So, where are the bears?

February 15, 2018

...The limited batch (click here) of Polar Ice Vodka bottles from which the brand’s polar bear has been scratched is meant to prompt consumers of the Canadian brand to ask themselves “Where’s the bear?”, the company said in a statement.

It’s a “nod to what the future will look like as the polar bear population declines and sea ice continually melts in the Arctic,” it added.

The predators’ populations are likely to fall by more than 30% by around mid-century as global warming shrinks their habitat amid thawing Arctic sea ice, a 2015 study by the International Union for Conservation of Nature has found.

Polar Ice Vodka, whose makers say is inspired by Canada’s glacial north that includes an archipelago of 36,000 Arctic Ocean islands where polar bears roam, teamed up with US advocacy group Polar Bears International for their campaign....

The bears know where they are safe.

22-31,000 (click here)
polar bears worldwide, estimated
Source: IUCN (How is this range calculated?)

19 
distinct sub-populations (see above map)

60-80% 
of polar bears are in Canada

Russia has no backbone. It likes to manipulate the moment so it carries off stupid assessments about nearly everything. "Indeterminate?" Russians can't count?

• International: Vulnerable
• Canada: Special Concern
• Greenland / Denmark: Vulnerable
• Norway: Vulnerable
• Russia: Indeterminate, Rare, or Recovering, depending on population
• United States: Threatened