<p>A ringed seal looks out of a snow cave on the ice off of Barrow, Alaska, in 2001. Ringed seals and bearded seals in the Arctic Ocean will be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.</p>
December 22, 2012
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December 22, 2012 8 p.m.
Government lists ice seals as threatened
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Two types of ice seals joined polar bears Friday on the list of species threatened by the loss of sea ice, which scientists say reached record low levels this year due to climate warming.