A Day In The Life Of A Polar Bear

By Samantha

It is the year 2050 and I’m living at home in the Arctic. I am an Arctic polar bear, born and raised in the snow. There’s not much here now. I remember when I was a cub- there was ice everywhere; now there’s nothing. Because of our climate, I’m losing my home.

Everyday I need to go find my food. It is very hard because I can’t hide on the ice and wait for the seals to come up. I am starving with nothing to eat. If I don’t find some food, I will probably die. To find my food I will have to go swimming and try to sneak up on my prey. Finally I found a bunch of seals sitting on a patch of ice. I slipped into the water and swam to the ice. Then I jumped up and BAM! I got one.

Now that I have my food I’m going to find a place to chill. This will also be a challenge because I can’t find any ice. With all this warm weather the ice is breaking into small pieces and floating away. I have to swim for miles some days. It is so exhausting I want to sleep for days.

After swimming for about 2 hours with a seal in my mouth I see a patch of ice ahead. Thank god there’s nothing on it. I climb up and set my seal down and I lie down hoping to get some rest. I got to sleep and about 10 minutes later I wake up to the sound of a huge crack. OH NO!! The little patch of ice has cracked and my seal is floating away. Now I have to go through all that trouble of getting my food back. I just sat there alone, tired, and very hungry, as I drifted away and fell asleep.

It was finally getting dark outside when I woke up. My favorite part of the day is night because it gets colder. Since all this heat has come, I’m really warm because of all my thick fur. My big fury coat was only meant for freezing cold weather. I still haven’t found any food for myself and I’m still very tired. I will probably have to go through this whole story again… just to stay alive.

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