Stranded polar bears at Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska - in pictures

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/gallery/2011/nov/16/stranded-polar-bears-alaska-in-pictures?intcmp=122

Freelance journalists Will Rose and Kajsa Sjölander captured these shots of stranded polar bears on the north Alaskan coast as part of 70° North, a multimedia project documenting the impact of climate change and resources exploration in the Arctic.

During the summer, many polar bears gather to rest and feed on hunter-harvested bowhead whale remains near Kaktovik, on Barter Island. But in recent years, dozens - possibly hundreds - of bears are becoming stranded on the coastal plain because they cannot reach the retreating sea ice