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.
Measuring the Heat Conductivity of Snow
Measuring the Heat Conductivity of Snow, and studying the complex effects of snow, just how good an insulator snow is
Meet Florent Domine, who studies snow physics and snow chemistry
Florent studies snow physics and snow chemistry, as related to climate change and polar atmospheric chemistry
Relating Snow Thermal Properties to Climate Change Models
Snow Crystal Photography: Taking Pictures at 20 below
Why the Arctic Is Important
Florent Domine talks passionately about why the Arctic is so important as a part of the planet and as a place for further study
Working in Arctic: Svarlsbard, Norway, and the Polar Bears
Florent tells some rather incredible tales of how to determine if a polar bear in Norway’s Arctic regions will be dangerous or not.
Polar Bears & Climate Change
Alaska’s foremost polar bear expert talks about the effect of the retreating ice on bears
