International Polar Bear Day is organized by Polar Bears International to raise awareness about the impact of global warming and reduced sea ice on polar bear populations. The day encourages people to find ways to reduce their carbon output, such as by turning down their thermostat or driving less.Polar bears live in Alaska, Canada, Russia, Greenland, and some northern islands owned by Norway, such as Svalbard. Polar bears depend on the sea ice, which forms above the open waters where their seal prey lives.Many zoos use the day to educate about polar bear conservation and to encourage visits to polar bear exhibits.^[6][7] It has also had some political impact. Jack Shapiro, the deputy climate campaign manager under American president Barack Obama, used the day to argue for the need for Congressional action on the issue of climate change.^[8] The University of Saskatchewan announced in 2014 that it would be turning its thermostats up two degrees in the summer and down two degrees Celsius in the winter to honor International Polar Bear Day. The decision is expected to reduce the university's carbon emissions by two-thousand tons and save the university over two-hundred thousand dollars per year.^[9] International Polar Bear Day has been noted to be effective in raising awareness online about polar bears through information search.

Do you know, Polar bears have a warming layer of fat covered by their thick coat of insulating fur, which helps them live in colder environments, they live in  Forest, scrubland, grassland, as well as marine oceanic, intertidal and coastal habitats.Polar bears are excellent swimmers. They are solitary, and they catch their prey (usually seals) by ambushing them near breathing holes, stalking them when they rest on ice or digging young seals from their snow shelters.