Populations | Ice Stories: Dispatches From Polar Scientists

Springtime in the Arctic

By John Whiteman · May 1, 2009 ·

DEADHORSE, ALASKA-- Spring has arrived in this part of the Arctic. In the last ten days, temperatures have risen from -20 to +45 Fahrenheit – unusually warm for the spring, or summer for that matter.… {Read More »}

To Capture a Polar Bear

By John Whiteman · April 24, 2009 ·

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DEADHORSE, ALASKA-- Currently, the best scientific estimate of the worldwide population of polar bears is about 20,000 to 25,000 animals. This population – which is “circumpolar” and stretches all the way around the Arctic – is... {Read More »}