Total, global sea ice at record low

Also worth noting that Antarctic records only date back to 1979, so a record high there isn't as impressive as a record low in the Arctic.
Eskimo subsistence hunting of polar bears and other wildlife is exempt from the Endangered Species Act, on the not-unreasonable grounds that their becoming endangered isn't the Eskimos' fault, something entirely proven by what's happening now with the bears.
And anyway, the grounds for listing is increased loss of suitable habitat in the future even more than present problems, so the present day harvest of bears isn't very relevant.
