Polar bears feed mainly on ringed and bearded seals. Depending upon their location, they also eat harp and hooded seals and scavenge on carcasses of beluga whales, walruses, narwhals, and bowhead whales.

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On occasion, polar bears sometimes also kill beluga whales and young walruses.

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Polar bears need an average of 2 kg (4.4 lb.) of fat per day to obtain enough energy to survive. A ringed seal weighing 55 kg (121 lb.) could provide up to eight days of energy for a polar bear.

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Like many other animals, hibernating polar bears do not eat.

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Still hunting is the most common method of hunting year-round.

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The polar bear remains motionless beside a breathing hole or lead edge waiting for a seal to surface. When a seal surfaces, the polar bear bites onto the head or upper body, then flips the entire seal onto the ice and eats it.

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The polar bear is a very special animal, but recently, because of the melting ice, many polar bears have been starving to death because they cannot hunt. How are they supposed to still hunt, when the ice gives underfoot, and the seals can see them? 

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If this warming continues, this majestic animal may leave the face of the earth forever. 

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