Polar Bears (Worldlife Library) - Softcover

Ovsyanikov, Nikita

9780896583580: Polar Bears (Worldlife Library)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0896583589 ISBN 13: 9780896583580

Publisher: Voyageur Pr, 1998

Polar Bears is a solid, general introduction to polar bears by Nikita Ovsyanikov, one of the worlds foremost polar bear researchers, who has lived among these great white bears for many years. His easy-to-read text details polar bears’ eating habits, habitats, and behavior. The book is enhanced throughout with spectacular shots of polar bears in the high Arctic and all over the globe.

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Review:

The polar bear is a cunning predator, hunting seals, walruses, and beluga whales. The females are also conscientious mothers, playing with, teaching, and disciplining their cubs for the two and a half years before they are weaned. This slender volume is packed with information about these beautiful and powerful animals. Written by noted researcher Nikita Ovsyanikov (who set up the famous polar-bear-viewing camp in Manitoba, Canada), the text is learned yet accessible, and bear lovers of all ages will appreciate the dozens of gorgeous photographs. --C.B. Delaney

About the Author:

Dr. Nikita Ovsyanikov is the author of Voyageur Press's Polar Bears: Living With the White Bear. He is the Senior Research Scientist for the Russia-based Pacific Institute of Geography, Academy of Sciences. Since 1990, he has studied the polar bears on Wrangel island in the high Arctic, living alone among the bears during most of his research. He has spent fifteen seasons in the High Arctic on research projects, including two full Arctic winters in the region.

He served as a scientific consultant and organizer for several BBC productions filmed on Wrangel Island, including the documentary Realms of the Russian Bear. He is also involved in wildlife conservation in the former Soviet Union. He and his wife and daughter live in Moscow when not walking among the bears.

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