{"id":1271041,"date":"2016-12-25T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-25T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.photosafari-africa.net\/blog\/2016\/12\/whew-it-s-hot"},"modified":"2019-12-23T01:16:21","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T12:16:21","slug":"whew-its-hot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/whew-its-hot\/","title":{"rendered":"Whew, It\u2019s Hot\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finishing off the year with an average temperature above the freezing point, you bet it\u2019s hot. Yet another record month for warm temperatures is keeping the Arctic Sea Ice at an all time low. Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) on ice.<\/p>\n<p>Somewhere above the Arctic Circle in the Barents Sea.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 623px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/p545564567-4-1.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/p545564567-4-1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=75&amp;resize=75&amp;ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/p545564567-4-1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=100&amp;resize=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/p545564567-4-1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=150&amp;resize=150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/p545564567-4-1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=240&amp;resize=240&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/p545564567-4-1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=320&amp;resize=320&amp;ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/p545564567-4-1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=500&amp;resize=500&amp;ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/p545564567-4-1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=640&amp;resize=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/p545564567-4-1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=800&amp;resize=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/p545564567-4-1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1024&amp;resize=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/p545564567-4-1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1280&amp;resize=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/p545564567-4-1.jpg?ssl=1&amp;w=1600&amp;resize=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w\" class=\"aligncenter\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/p545564567-4-1.jpg?ssl=1\" width=\"613\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Nikon D4s. Nikon 14-24mm &#8211; ISO 400. 1\/1000 sec. @ f8 &#8211; Sony Media &#8211; \u00a9 Dana Allen www.photosafari-africa.net &#8211; www.facebook.com\/DanaAllenPhotoSafari<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<span class='mb-center maxbutton-6-center'><span class='maxbutton-6-container mb-container'><a class=\"maxbutton-6 maxbutton maxbutton-subscribe-to-our-free-newsletter\" href=\"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/subscribe\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><span class='mb-text'>Subscribe to our FREE Newsletter<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finishing off the year with an average temperature above the freezing point, you bet it\u2019s hot. Yet another record month for warm temperatures is keeping the Arctic Sea Ice at an all time low. Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) on ice. 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