Polar bears around the world are suffering from global warming, oil and gas exploration. Very helpless, there is nothing these animals can do to prevent this from happening. These amazing creatures could dissapear from the neighboring U.S by mid-century. A polar bear, so lifeless with nothing left swims for almost two months straight because the ice he was laying on slowly melted away. With no energy to keep going, the polar bear sinks below the water, dying. Rising temperatures are to blame for the melting ice. A university in Denmark indicates that the Artic Ocean could be ice free by the year 2015. To read more about this topic and maybe make a difference visit www.theliteracysite.com