On thin ice
Subtitle: the changing world of the polar bear
By: Richard Ellis
Edition: First Vintage books edition.
Publisher: Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9780307454645
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: Polar bear; Effect of human beings on; Global warming; Global environmental change
Description: A profile of the habitat and life cycle of the polar bear covers the species' venerated position in Inuit culture, its reproductive habits, and the environmental factors that are compromising its ability to survive.
Notes: Updated.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-383) and index.
Table of contents: title: Europeans "discover" the polar bear (and the bear discovers them) --; title: The great ice bear --; title: Polar bear nations --; title: The Eskimo and the polar bear --; title: Hunting the hunter --; title: In the zoo and the circus --; title: On the whiteness of the bear --; title: Global warming and the bear --; title: Is the polar bear doomed? --; title: Updates to the text.