Cooberating evidence on the Sea Ice front. The best part is the last paragraph:

In May, concerns over disappearing sea ice  led the U.S. to officially list the polar bear a threatened species, over objections from experts who claimed the animal's numbers were increasing.

and then the last, simpsonesque, comment:

Well, now that the sea ice is increasing, the polar bears are going to have better access to seals now. We must put seals on the protected species list to prevent their slaughter by the polar bears...

/sarcasm