Posts tagged polar bear
what a beautiful place.
the affect of climate change means more people can visit, but that is not necessarily a good thing.
Svalbard: Norway’s ‘Galapagos’ in the North
French photographer Samuel Blanc has been leading tours to Svalbard, Norway’s archipelago in the Arctic, since 2007.
Climate change is having a direct impact on the unique ecosystem isolated on these islands more than 400 miles north of Europe.
This year the reduced sea ice allowed his expedition aboard the 12-passenger Polaris to circumnavigate the northern islands in early July rather than mid-August.
BIG QUESTION FOR 2012: Is the Polar Bear Doomed?
As part of an ongoing series of big questions that may be answered in the coming year, Keiran Mulvaney, author of “The Great White Bear”, looks at the state of the polar bear and what struggles they face in 2012.
