num_pages: 192
description: * 200 full-color images of the polar bear in its Arctic habitat taken over a six-year period* All-star roster of top nature essayists including Richard Nelson Steven C. Amstrup Charles Wohlforth and Theodore Roosevelt IV among others * The Last Polar Bear Project is a book exhibit media and educational outreach campaign funded through the generosity of individual donors and foundations. Scientists agree that by the end of this century the polar bear will be the first mammal threatened with extinction due to climate change. The Last Polar Bear is the first book to fully document that story. The continued survival of these magnificent white bears in their warming and melting Arctic world is uncertain yet their fate is also a wake-up call-compelling us to act now to stem global warming. Through Steven Kazlowski's unparalleled imagery the most critical environmental issue of our time is brought to life. The Last Polar Bear places the reality of climate change in our hands. We see the plight of the polar bear an indicator species already feeling the detrimental effects of our reliance on fossil fuels as its icy habitat melts.Over the course of the last six years wildlife photographer Steven Kazlowski has photographed the polar bear in its wild habitat from Hershel Island in Canada to Point Hope in Alaska. The Last Polar Bear pairs his intimate images with anecdotes about his Arctic adventures as well as authoritative essays about the polar bear in the context of climate change. Alaska based writers Richard Nelson Charles Wohlforth Nick Jans and leading USGS polar bear biologist Steven C. Amstrup draw on decades of experience in the Arctic to cover the biological cultural and anthropological aspects of climate change. Dan Glick long-time correspondent for Newsweek addresses the history of climate change while Frances Beinecke president of the Natural Resources Defense Council and Theodore Roosevelt IV offer perspectives on activism and politics.
language: English
title: The Last Polar Bear
publisher: Braided River