I don;t believe it, send all these scientists to live in tents with the polar bears for a year, when they report back in we will see what they have to say.
They will not report back. They will be polar bear crap.
From Reddit: "May 17, 2022 — On Svalbard, Norway, you are required to carry a gun by law whenever you leave the settlement due to the 300 resident polar bears"