Move over nihilistic penguin; there’s a new arctic animal for men in mid-life crisis mode to identify with. Meet, the pancake ice polar bear. A mesmerizing clip captured by Iceland-based photographer Benjamin Hardman has resurfaced, showing a polar bear bounding across rolling slabs of pancake ice as storm-driven swells surge through the Arctic Ocean. The bear hops from one floating sheet to the next with uncanny balance, almost as if it's surfing across the frozen sea. Watch below. Sadly, no Werner Herzog voiceover this time. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5EZ4Ms0t5yM Hardman recently resurfaced the footage on social media , originally filmed last year, with the caption: "The craziest thing I've captured in the Arctic. A Polar Bear walking over a wave of pancake ice during a storm in the marginal ice zone." The scene unfolds in the marginal ice zone—the ever-shifting boundary where dense sea ice meets the open ocean.…