Polar Bear
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Initial publish date
- Aug 1993
- Category
- Mammals
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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