The Polar Bear Scientists
Follow scientists as they scan the Alaskan wilderness for these magnificent creatures. It is springtime on the North Slope of Alaska, and the U.S. Geological Survey team—the polar bear biologists Kristin Simac and Mike Lockhart—is gearing up for polar bear capturing. During a capture, all information is collected on the sea ice. The scientists locate […]
The Manatee Scientists : Saving Vulnerable Species
Synopsis InThe Manatee Scientists,John Reynolds does an aerial count of manatees from the Florida sky; Lucy Keith spends a weekend rescuing manatees trapped in a dam in Senegal; and Fernando Rosas takes the author on an Amazonian boat trip, looking for a young manatee he released back into the wild, with emotional results. These scientists […]
Whaling Season
From the Publisher: Not all scientists live where they work, harvest their own subjects, or use information passed down from generation after generation of Inupiaq Eskimos to help learn about the bowhead whale. Arctic whale scientist Craig George is the son of children?s author Jean Craighead George, and out on the ice with the whales […]
Arctic Thaw : the People of the Whale In a Changing Climate
School Library Journal Review: Gr 5-8?A somewhat sobering, yet upbeat examination of the probable effects of global warming on the culture of the I?upiaq whale hunters of Alaska's North Slope. Lourie, in company with atmospheric chemist Dr. Paul Shepson and three of his students, made three journeys to investigate the problems presented by climatic change […]