By Gaetan Billault

For this illustration I decided to use the polar bears, it’s my representation of that iconic symbol of a melting Arctic.

Climate change dramatically affect polar bears. They rely on sea ice to access the seals that are their primary source of food as well as to rest and breed. With less sea ice every year, polar bears and many other ice-dependent creatures are at risk. In the space of 10 years the population went from 1,500 to 900 bears.