A 'looming clash' Canada is home to about 17,000 polar bears – about two-thirds of the world's population. But unlike in Svalbard, the species is "in decline", said the BBC .

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[1/2] A polar bear seeks shelter from the looming blizzard near the Hudson Bay community of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada November 20, 2021. Picture taken November 20, 2021.

As polar ice melts, Russia, already a major Arctic power, wants to make the region its own. China has ambitions for a “Polar Silk Road.” And NATO is embracing Finland.

Temperatures there are now between six to 11 degrees warmer than normal, said Jan-Gunner Winther, director of the Norwegian Polar Institute, who wonders whether the changes signal a tipping point.