Polar bears—fierce and majestic—have captivated us for centuries. Feared by explorers, revered by the Inuit, and beloved by zoo goers everywhere, they are a symbol for the harsh beauty and muscular grace of the Arctic. But as global warming threatens the ice caps’ integrity, the polar bear has also come to symbolize the environmental peril that has arisen due to harmful human practices. In the past twenty years alone, the world population of polar bears has shrunk by half. Today they number just 22,000.
Urgent and stirring, On Thin Ice is both a celebration and a rallying cry on behalf of one of earth’s greatest natural treasures.
- ISBN10 0307270599
- ISBN13 9780307270597
- Publish Date 17 November 2009 (first published 1 January 2009)
- Publish Status Remaindered
- Out of Print 21 January 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Knopf Publishing Group
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 400
- Language English