Polar Bears & Climate Change
Alaska’s foremost polar bear expert talks about the effect of the retreating ice on bears
Polar Bears & Loss of Habitat
The single biggest threat to polar bears is decline to their habitat that’s likely to occur because of Global Warming
Polar Bears and the Future
Research Wildlife Biologist, Alaska Science Center, USGS, Anchorage, Alaska. Dr. Amstrup talks about Polar Bear science and managing bears as the pole warms up and the ice retreats.
Research on Polar Bears in the Polar Nations
Polar bear researchers from polar nations share information and resources
Studying Polar Bears
Dr. Amstrup takes some time out in his office on the campus of the University of Alaska in Anchorage to talk about how polar bear research has moved from questions of hunting bears to climate change.
Sodar 101
The sodar measures the winds at high resolution all the way up to 800m above the surface, which gives us very detailed information on how gases (such as ozone) get moved around in the atmosphere. vimeo.com/10337794
Long Traverses in the Arctic for Science
Matthew Sturm, ice and snow expert from Fairbanks, Alaska, talks about his long scientific trips across the Arctic on snowmachines.
Love of the Arctic
Matthew Sturm, ice and snow expert from Fairbanks, Alaska, talks about his love of the Arctic
The Real Arctic
Matthew Sturm talks about the contradictions, the complexities of the Arctic
Why Study the Arctic
Matthew Sturm talks about the importance of studying the Arctic and how it is connected to the rest of the world