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On thin ice : the changing world of the polar bear  Cover Image Book Book

On thin ice : the changing world of the polar bear

Summary: 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
  • Physical Description: print
    400 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2009.

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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?.
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
Castlegar Campus Library QL 737 C27 E47 2009 (Text)
Copy: c. 1
B001265719 General Volume hold Available -

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