Originally Posted by will76

Sure polar bears getting stranded has happened in the past, i am sure it has happend more then once at some point in time. What the article is pointing out is that the frequency of this happening is going up drastically.

See if you can follow the logic.

Warmer temps = ice melts.
polar bears hunt along the waters edge, on the edge of ice.
Ice sheet break off and float away more often.
Polar bears get stuck on ice floating away more often. It isn't like it is a 6 foot by 6 foot piece of ice. Some of these are huge and may break a 100 yards in from the edge they could be floating away and not even know the ice has broken off.