We will search for walruses, seals, reindeer, Arctic foxes and polar bears. Shore walks and Zodiac landings will bring us up close to the mystical settings and passing icebergs. Each day our Expedition Leader and Captain will determine …
June 11, 2009
June 5, 2009
Environmentalists Plan Suit To Protect Ice Seals
Polar bears depend on sea ice as a platform to hunt seals, their primary food. But sea ice is decreasing throughout their Arctic range due to climate change. Models used by the USGS team project a 42 percent loss of optimal polar bear …
June 2, 2009
everyeskimo: polar ice capped.
the latest in the delightfully morbid line of headless sweetness. the seals and penguins think this is a vast improvement on polar bears. and being stuffed with fluff, instead of fish, my nose thinks this is an improvement as well. he’s …
May 27, 2009
Returning Home | Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists
Following a trail of polar bear tracks on the sea ice. To find bears for capture, we fly low over good habitat – areas of sea ice with cracks and leads which allow seals to surface, making them vulnerable to predation – and look for …
Returning Home | Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists
Following a trail of polar bear tracks on the sea ice. To find bears for capture, we fly low over good habitat – areas of sea ice with cracks and leads which allow seals to surface, making them vulnerable to predation – and look for …