By Andrew Bisharat (original source National Geographic)
“In December 2017, Cristina Mittermeier and Paul Nicklen released a video on their social media channels as well as through National Geographic of a starving polar bear in the Canadian Arctic. The emaciated bear was filmed rummaging through a garbage can and finding nothing. He stumbled and laid down, appearing to resign himself to an impending death.
Both National Geographic photographers are also scientists—marine biologists with a background in conservation work.”