It is part of a world where the presence of ice, the cold, and the stillness of time prevail. But this world is now undergoing a rate of change that has never been experienced before. The ice, which had been the solid ground for so long, breaks, melts, and changes into liquid, and the resulting liquid flows away. The Arctic is opening, but it does so unwillingly.
The waters that were locked away by ice now contain ships. Large ships now travel through paths that only animals used to walk on earlier. The constant hum of wind is now replaced by engines, and the push of movement breaks apart what is left of the ice. Development, which was eyed by some, is loss by others.
The animals in the Arctic are struggling to adapt to the conditions. Walruses need the ice to rest and to find their prey, and without it, they are clustering in large numbers on land, getting hurt and killed. Polar bears are being forced to find their prey further away. Seals are no longer able to find the quiet and protected.
