On thin ice : the changing world of the polar bear

Ellis, Richard, 1938-

Book 2009

A profile of the habitat and life cycle of the polar bear covers he species' venerated position in Inuit culture, its reproductive habits, and the environmental factors that are compromising its ability to survive.

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ISBN:

9780307270597
0307270599

Edition:

First edition

Description:

400 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:

"Borzoi book."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-381) and index

Contents:

Europeans "discover" the polar bear (and the bear discovers them)
The great ice bear
Polar bear nations
The Eskimo and the polar bear
Hunting the hunter
In the zoo and at the circus
On the whiteness of the bear
Global warming and the bear
Is the polar bear doomed?

LCCN:

2009020017

Control Number:

176758

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