FRANZ JOSEF LAND, Russia: In this file photo taken on Aug 17, 2021, a polar bear is seen on ice floes in this archipelago on August 16, 2021.

Source: https://www.kuwaittimes.com/un-survival-guide-report-stark-warning/

Here the artist was able to study the adorable penguins which proved completely unafraid of their visitor as she sat amongst them on the ice floes with her sketch folder.

Source: https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/whats-on/things-to-do/pollyanna-pickerings-wildlife-paintings-from-coldest-areas-on-earth-will-go-on-show-at-private-gallery-in-derbyshire-4174323

In the Siberian sector in particular, average residence time of sea ice floes declined from 15 months to six months after 2007, indicating that most of them were no longer surviving the annual summer melt period to become thick multiyear ice.

Source: https://southafricatoday.net/environment/southern-atmospheric-rivers-are-melting-the-arctic-sea-ice-it-may-never-recover-study/