Can polar bears use terrestrial foods to offset lost ice‐based hunting opportunities?

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Trends in body condition in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) from the Southern Hudson Bay subpopulation in relation to changes in sea ice (2016, background): “It has been suggested that exploiting terrestrial food sources may ameliorate declines in body condition in polar bears (e.g., Gormezano and Rockwell 2015), though the importance of terrestrial foraging in offsetting lost opportunities to hunt seals remains controversial (e.g., Rode et al. 2015).”
Forecasting the relative influence of environmental and anthropogenic stressors on polar bears (2016, background): “…have exhibited trends of declining body condition as use of terrestrial habitat has increased (e.g., Stirling et al. 1999, Rode et al. 2010), and it appears that consumption of terrestrial foods is insufficient to offset lost opportunities to hunt fat- rich seals from the ice (Rode et al. 2015).”