On thin ice : the changing world of the polar bear / by Richard Ellis.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780307270597
- Physical Description: 400 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2009.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [355] - 381) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 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?. |
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Subject: | Global warming. Global environmental change. Polar bear > Effect of human beings on. Polar bear. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Selkirk College.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Castlegar Campus Library | QL 737 C27 E47 2009 (Text)
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B001265719 | General | Volume hold | Available | - |