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Arctic ice second-lowest ever; polar bears affected

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Arctic sea ice shrank to its second-lowest level ever, U.S. scientists said on Wednesday, with particular melting in the Chukchi Sea, where polar bears were recently seen swimming far off the Alaskan coast.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/environment?a=GCgceK"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/environment?i=GCgceK" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/environment?a=RVw5vk"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/environment?i=RVw5vk" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/environment?a=dj54nk"><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~f/reuters/environment?i=dj54nk" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/environment/~4/376355610" height="1" width="1"/>