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Their large paws act as snowshoes, distributing their weight as they walk on thin ice. Polar bear populations are declining in some areas due to the loss of sea ice and the impacts of climate change.

Through the scope, Nipisar watched a polar bear slowly making its way over the thin sea ice. It took more than an hour for the bear to make it to solid land, and Nipisar was able to take her shot.

Ava Nipisar lay in the snow, watching quietly from behind a rifle outside of her home community of Whale Cove, Nunavut.