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Raffan, James.
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Polar bear -- Effect of global warming on -- Hudson Bay.
Polar bear -- Climatic factors -- Hudson Bay.
Global warming -- Hudson Bay.
Climatic changes -- Hudson Bay.
Global temperature changes -- Environmental aspects -- Hudson Bay.
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Ice walker : a
polar
bear
's journey through the fragile Arctic / James Raffan.
by
Raffan, James.
Simon & Schuster Canada, 2020.
Call #:
599.786 R136i
Subjects
Polar
bear
--
Effect
of
global
warming
on
--
Hudson
Bay
.
Polar
bear
--
Climatic factors
--
Hudson
Bay
.
Global
warming
--
Hudson
Bay
.
Climatic changes
--
Hudson
Bay
.
Global
temperature changes
--
Environmental aspects
--
Hudson
Bay
.
ISBN:
9781501155369 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Polar
bear
's journey through the fragile Arctic
Description:
xxi, 161 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
"Phyllis Bruce editions."
"Reader's guide inside"--Page 4 of cover.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-152).
Summary:
"From the top of the world,
Hudson
Bay
looks like an enormous paw print on the torso of the continent, and through a vast network of lakes and rivers, the water in this
bay
connects to oceans across the globe. Here, at the heart of everything, walks Nanurjuk, or Nanu, one
polar
bear
among the six thousand that traverse the 1.23 million square kilometres of ice and snow covering the
bay
. For millennia, Nanu's ancestors have roamed this great expanse, living, evolving, and surviving alongside humans in one of the most challenging and unforgiving habitats on earth. But that world is changing. In the Arctic's lands and waters, oil has been extracted and spilled. As
global
temperatures have risen, the sea ice that Nanu and her young need to hunt seal and fish has melted, forcing them to wait on land where the delicate balance between them and their two-legged neighbours has now shifted. This is the icescape that author and geographer James Raffan invites us to inhabit in Ice Walker. In precise and provocative prose, he brings readers inside Nanu's world as she treks uncertainly around the heart of
Hudson
Bay
, searching for nourishment for the children that grow inside her. She stops at nothing to protect her cubs from the dangers she can see,other bears, wolves, whales, humans and those she cannot. By focusing his lens on this
bear
family, Raffan closes the gap between humans and bears, showing us how, like the water of the
Hudson
Bay
, our existence and our future is tied to Nanu's, and asks us to consider what might be done about this fragile world before it is gone for good. Masterful, vivid, and haunting, Ice Walker is an utterly unique piece of creative non-fiction and a deeply affecting call to action."--From publisher.
Genre:
Creative nonfiction
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