2006). Researchers found that two to three times as many polar bears were in a fasting state in 2005 and 2006 compared with 1985 and 1986, indicating increased nutritional stress (Cherry et al. 2009).

Over 7,500 participants braved the frigid Atlantic for the Jersey Shore's largest Polar Bear Plunge. The event has become the largest fundraiser for Special Olympics New Jersey, with all proceeds ...