Updated 14 May 2002, 17.44

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Climate changes are threatening the Arctic ice pack where the bears live and that could disappear by about 2060.

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	Bear facts
		Polar bears usually have 2 cubs
		In the wild they live to 15-18 years
		Males weigh about 120 stone
		They mainly eat seals which they can smell from 35 miles away
		Their fur isn't actually white, it just has no pigment

The pack ice is essential to the bears because they cannot survive on dry land.

And the ice is thinning so quickly that bears will be forced to find food on land.

The report, which looks into the bear's future, is due to be published next week by the World Wildlife Fund for Nature.

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