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Polar Bear Blog – We Learned Something About Bears!

Posted on March 21, 2013 by munck
Day-at-the-beach

Another new polar bear/sea ice study is out and this one is actually pretty good. Like, I actually learned something from reading it. I mean this study is actually about bears!!! Here is a link to the paper – it comes from the University of Alberta, authored by Seth Cherry with Derocher, Thiemann and Lunn. It takes an in-depth look at just when females bears (the only ones they can follow with radio collars) come … Continue reading →

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Polar Bear Blog – Give the Bears a Break (Please)

Posted on March 4, 2013 by munck
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Last week, I wrote an Opinion Piece called ‘Give the Bears a Break’ for the Winnipeg Free Press Dr. Ian Stirling subsequently responded and dismissed by concerns. Essentially citing the fact that I have no scientific background and am therefore not qualified to express my opinion. He also cites a recent study by the IUCN Polar Bear Specialist Group (led by Amstrup, Stirling and Derocher)… not that I have been able to locate this paper … Continue reading →

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Polar Bear Blog – Good News From Wapusk

Posted on February 28, 2013 by munck
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Well, we are only a week into ‘cub season’ at Watchee Lodge in Wapusk National Park but initial reports are pretty positive. We have some clients in there and so far, the people down at Watchee have seen mothers and cubs every day and even a female with triplets. So, after a couple of quieter years, this one has kicked off with a bang. Even temperatures seem to have cooperated, it is still cold but … Continue reading →

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Polar Bear Blog – State of the Western Hudson Bay Polar Bears

Posted on February 27, 2013 by munck
mom-and-cubs

Well, its International Polar Bear Day whatever that means… there’s some NGOs promoting eco-solutions and that’s good, personally I prefer the ‘Stink For The Bears’ campaign that asks everyone not to shower (I’m way ahead of the curve on that one!) Its also ‘Pink T-Shirt’ day as in Anti-Bullying Day which is a worthy cause as well. Anyway, for International Polar Bear Day… I thought I would do a little ‘State of the Polar Bears … Continue reading →

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Polar Bear Blog – Samuel Hearne’s Polar Bears

Posted on February 21, 2013 by munck
Dancer

Samuel Hearne is my favourite explorer and, really, one of Canada’s first naturalists. He is best known for walking from Churchill to the Arctic Ocean (Kugluktuk) and back and for surrendering Prince of Wales Fort to the French (it happens…). Anyway, although he had no formal education, Hearne had a real passion for animals and birds along Hudson Bay. During his posting at Churchill, he kept pet beavers, ran foot races with moose, made some … Continue reading →

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Polar Bear Blog – The Complicated World of CITES

Posted on February 18, 2013 by munck
Walking-on-Ice

We are entering the final stretch of the battle to list the polar bear among one of the world’s most endangered species. The polar bear was ‘upgraded’ to threatened in 2008. Based on, the justification that ‘a suspected population reduction of >30% within three generations (45 years) due to decline in area of occupancy, extent of occurrence and habitat quality.’ The United States has again (they first tried in 2010) put forward a motion to … Continue reading →

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Polar Bear Myths: The Goose and The Egg

Posted on February 16, 2013 by munck
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So, the hypothesis involving polar bears feeding on goose eggs is once again in the news and being used by both sides to discredit the other. A recent post at the Polar Bears International website ‘dispelling’ polar bear myths has led me to write a bit of a backgrounder and actually prove this myth ‘busted or not’. Myth: Polar bears will supplement their diet with goose eggs. TRUE. Polar bears have and always will be … Continue reading →

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Polar Bear Blog – Never Look Zac Unger In The Eye

Posted on February 10, 2013 by munck
Polar Bear Alley

Well, I finally finished reading Zac Unger’s new book ‘Never Look a Polar Bear in the Eye’. Its a decent read, pretty good for someone’s first trip to the north… ‘Google Play’ is a terrible e-reader though. Anyway, I was just thinking about when Zac came up to Churchill in 2006 or 07… or maybe 05. It was one of those years when I had imploded my personal life and was flailing headlong through bear … Continue reading →

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