On Thin ice : : the Changing World of the Polar Bear
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"Borzoi book."
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 the circus -- On the whiteness of the bear -- Global warming and the bear -- Is the polar bear doomed?.
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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New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: 400 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780307270597
0307270599
SUBJECTS
Polar bear.
Polar bear -- Effect of human beings on.
Global warming.
Global environmental change.