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Springtime for the Bowhead Whale: Chukchi Sea polar bear research

April 6, 2011

A day for me to catch up on some work, writing, email and periodic talk of all things polar bear with Dr. Karyn Rode as we sit in the field office. It’s also a... Read More

A day for me to catch up on some work, writing, email and periodic talk of all things polar...
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The journey north: Chukchi Sea polar bear research

April 5, 2011

Fourteen years. It’s difficult to believe that this will be my fourteenth consecutive year conducting polar bear captures in Alaska. From my first fall capture season in 1998, I always assume that each... Read More

Fourteen years. It’s difficult to believe that this will be my fourteenth consecutive year conducting polar bear captures in...
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Video of polar bear and cubs in the wild in Wapusk

March 23, 2011

Peter Ewins and Rhys Gerholdt of WWF spent last week with an ABC News crew from New York in Wapusk National Park, observing the world’s largest concentration of maternity dens for polar bears. Read More

Peter Ewins and Rhys Gerholdt of WWF spent last week with an ABC News crew from New York in...
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Polar bear team update: Its all about energy

March 15, 2011

Breakfast at 0700 h, then out in the tracked vehicles again, trundling over 1-2 inches of fresh snow, towards the south end of Fletcher Lake at the edge of Wapusk National Park. Read More

Breakfast at 0700 h, then out in the tracked vehicles again, trundling over 1-2 inches of fresh snow, towards...
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Driving on the Beaufort Sea

March 14, 2011

Last Saturday, we drove on the Beaufort Sea. It was quite amazing. One doesn’t often think about driving on a frozen sea, looking over vast expanses of ice on one side and low headlands... Read More

Last Saturday, we drove on the Beaufort Sea. It was quite amazing. One doesn’t often think about driving on...
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Polar bear team update: Today on the tundra

March 14, 2011

Rhys and I awoke to a crystal clear dawn, a numbing -40C again, and the excitement of reconnecting with the female polar bear and her single cub that we had left at sunset yesterday... Read More

Rhys and I awoke to a crystal clear dawn, a numbing -40C again, and the excitement of reconnecting with...
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Update from polar bear team: Train to Chesney

March 11, 2011

This is Churchill train station (also the Parks Canada main office), where we took the 8 p.m. train south to Chesney. Read More

This is Churchill train station (also the Parks Canada main office), where we took the 8 p.m. train south...
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Heading north as polar bears emerge from snow dens

March 10, 2011

It's 0530 and my WWF-US colleague Rhys Gerholdt and I are with an ABC News crew from New York, heading up to Wapusk National Park and the world's largest concentration of maternity dens for... Read More

It's 0530 and my WWF-US colleague Rhys Gerholdt and I are with an ABC News crew from New York,...
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Veteran meteorologist: How a warmer Arctic disrupts global weather

March 1, 2011

As part of a post on the WWF U.S. Climate Blog, meteorologist Dave Eichorn from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry has explained in a video report how... Read More

As part of a post on the WWF U.S. Climate Blog, meteorologist Dave Eichorn from the State University of...
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RACER – The Quest to Identify Important Arctic Places in a Changing Climate

February 25, 2011

Mush! The only race in town this past week was the Yukon Quest, a grueling dog sled endurance race of 1,000 miles from Whitehorse to Fairbanks. Our WWF team, however, was in Alaska... Read More

Mush! The only race in town this past week was the Yukon Quest, a grueling dog sled endurance race...
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Wanted: Marine Spatial Planner in Inuvik. Loves a challenge. And the cold.

February 16, 2011

Well, we are off to the races. Figuratively, of course, but I am very excited that our job advertisement for the position of marine spatial planner here in Inuvik yielded so many excellent candidates.... Read More

Well, we are off to the races. Figuratively, of course, but I am very excited that our job advertisement...
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A taste of the Arctic

February 9, 2011

My apprehension quickly evaporated. Read More

My apprehension quickly evaporated.
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