The document contains quotes from several experts on the impacts of climate change on polar bears and arctic indigenous communities. Dr. Andrew Derocher notes that in 1984 polar bears in Churchill came on land in early August and left in early November. Dr. Steve Amstrup states that as the sea ice goes, so go the polar bears. Dan Kahan and Elizabeth Dollard discuss how increased scientific literacy can paradoxically lead to greater polarization of views. Sheila Watt-Cloutier expresses how climate change threatens Inuit culture by challenging their relationship to ice and snow.