ADN by Mike Dunham.  The overwhelming majority of Alaska is Polar Bear, Alaska, ESA, Endangered Species (not) List, Photo by Dave Harbourgetting colder and has been since 2000, according to a study by researchers with the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks.  (We note that several of the Obama Administration decisions to inflict the Endangered Species Act furies on Alaska are based on the notion that although various species (i.e. Polar Bear (NGP Photo), seals, beluga whales) are doing well in Alaska, they COULD someday be adversely affected by global warming/climate change and that the government should, therefore, restrict human activity that results in carbon emissions.  -dh)