Our Impact

Mama bear walking across the sea ice with two cubs trailing behind.

Photo: Daniel J. Cox

Big, brilliant, and built for cold, polar bears are the very symbol of a wild Arctic. Yet, despite their size and strength, they need our help to survive the coming decades.

Making a Difference

At Polar Bears International, our mission is to conserve polar bears and the sea ice they depend on. We work to address both short and long-term threats to polar bears to ensure they roam the sea ice for generations to come. Explore our latest Annual Report and our quarterly impact reports below for highlights of our recent accomplishments.

Quarterly Impact Reports

Catch up on the latest highlights from our science, education, advocacy, and outreach teams, and download the full report below.

2nd Quarter Highlights, 2025

We’re excited to share how Polar Bears International made a big impact in the second quarter of 2025. Here’s just one highlight:

In communities around the Arctic, people live alongside polar bears. Across borders and oceans, these communities share many challenges — and opportunities — in common. This summer, Polar Bears International brought representatives from Canada’s Hudson Bay coast to Svalbard, Norway to share their knowledge and learn how a very different town lives alongside polar bears.

Why this matters: Polar bears are spending more time on land. Sea ice provides them with a platform to hunt the seals they depend on, but this ice is shrinking in both extent and duration due to climate change. The people who live near the bears are starting to see polar bears more frequently in and around their communities and cabins as a result. Encounters between bears and people can be dangerous for both.

Our impact: 

  • This Community Exchange was a unique opportunity for people who live and work with polar bears to share ideas, concerns and solutions across borders.

  • The participants are already applying what they’ve learned from each other to improve bear guard training and safety measures at home.

  • The connection doesn’t end here — the long-term relationships created in this exchange mean the information, ideas and solutions can keep flowing for years to come.

By investing in our work, you're helping us ensure a future where polar bears thrive. Thank you for being a champion for polar bears.

Interested in learning more about what we accomplished together?

Give with Confidence

A single polar bear standing on the edge of sea ice looking into the water.

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Together we can make a difference. If we work collaboratively and act on climate warming before it gets worse, we all win, and polar bears will continue to roam the Arctic sea ice for generations to come.