**Viral News Snippet:**
**ALASKA – A viral TikTok video claims that a resident of Nome recently captured footage of a polar bear riding a small iceberg past town, with a walrus apparently “hitching a ride” on the same ice floe. The video, which has amassed over 12 million views, is captioned: “Even the bears are commuting now – climate change is just making new bus routes!”**
**Reality Check:**
Experts at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game say **the footage is fake.** The polar bear appears to have been digitally inserted into a real video of a drifting iceberg. The walrus is also a composite image. The original video was taken last summer of a natural ice floe carrying nothing but seabirds. While Arctic sea ice decline is a serious concern, this particular “commuter bear” is a product of viral editing—not wildlife behavior. No polar bears have been sighted near Nome in weeks.