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Polar Bear on Ice Floe
Jan Martin Will (Shutterstock)

2011 燈箱相片

Photographic print on lightbox
140cm (H) x 200cm (W) (尺寸可變 Dimensions variable)

這張北極熊孑然站於溶化浮冰上的相片,富有象徵意義,常被用作提醒大眾全球暖化令北極熊和地球面臨的危機。北極熊倚靠海冰生存,於當中行動、狩獵、求偶、休息,又於部分海冰生育幼熊。可是,過去卅年,北冰洋海冰急劇溶化,厚度縮減多於百份之六十五。於2050年前,海冰或會在北極圈的夏季完全消失。

This iconic photograph of a lone polar bear on a shrinking ice floe is often cited as a wake-up call concerning the threat of global warming to this species and to the planet. Polar bears rely heavily on the sea ice environment for travelling, hunting, mating, resting, and in some areas, maternal dens, but the thickness of Arctic Ocean sea ice has declined by more than 65 percent over the past 30 years, and by mid-century the Arctic could be completely ice free in the summer.

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