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Nature Mammals

Polar Bear

text by Downs Matthews

photographs by Dan Guravich

Publisher
Chronicle Books
Initial publish date
Aug 1993
Category
Mammals
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780811802048
    Publish Date
    Aug 1993
    List Price
    $29.95

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Description

Prowling the frozen reaches of the far northern corners of Russia, Canada, and Alaska, the Arctic polar bear is the world's largest land predator and one of the most difficult to track of all wild creatures. With spectacular photographs and an engaging, thoroughly researched text,Polar Bear follows its subject from rambunctious, protected cub to robust, formidable adult. Including close-ups of play and fighting rituals, swimming shots, luminous landscape images, and rarely seen photos of mothers at their dens, this elegant, informative book pays tribute to a fascinating and powerful survivor of one of the planet's harshest environments.

About the authors

Contributor Notes

Downs Matthews is a nature writer living in Houston, Texas. He has collaborated with Dan Guravich on three books, including the prize-winning children's book, Polar Bear Cubs.

Dan Guravich is the award-winning photographer of 15 books and many articles for such magazines as Life, Outdoors, Natural History, and Smithsonian. He has made more than 50 trips to the Arctic to photograph polar bears. Born in Canada, he lives in Greenvi