Hi, I'm Lindsay.

And I'm Marshall, welcome to Tumble the show where we explore stories of science discovery.

Today we're talking about polar bears.

Ooh, I love polar bears, and so does everyone else.

We'll get ready for a polar bear artichot venture, because we're about to head out on the

ice and into a helicopter to track bears with a polar bear scientist and find out how

polar bears are surviving in a warming world.

Marshall, what do you think about when you think about polar bears?

I think they are white and fuzzy, and they have those cute little black noses that are

the only things you can see in a snowstorm before they eat you.

What about you?

I feel like polar bears are these majestic, almost mythical creatures.

Do you see them all the time in photos and cartoons?

It's almost hard to believe that they're actual real animals.

I guess I could see why you'd think that.

Polar bears are probably the most iconic animal in the Arctic, but what are they really

like, and how are they doing in a warming world?

To find out, I talked to Andrew De Rocher, a polar bear scientist who's seen almost 10,000

real live polar bears.

The way to think about a polar bear is if you had a good sized pony in your room, but that

pony had claws and teeth and was really bolted up, like really big and fat and heavy, that's

what a polar bear is kind of like.

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