{"product_id":"alaskas-bears-grizzlies-black-bears-and-polar-bears-revised-edition-9781943328581","title":"Alaska's Bears: Grizzlies, Black Bears, and Polar","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlaska is truly bear country. It is the only one of America’s fifty states to be inhabited by all three of North America’s ursine species: black, polar bear, and brown bear (also known as grizzly). \u003ci\u003eAlaska’s Bears\u003c\/i\u003e is a handy guidebook to the bears of Alaska, a book that slips easily into a jacket pocket or a day pack, and that provides entertaining armchair reading when you’re not in bear country.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHere in one compact edition is a book that can help you understand Alaska’s bears and their natural histories. Learn about their appearances, behaviors, yearly cycles, ecological niches, and relationships with humans. Find full details on how to visit Alaska’s prime bear-viewing and get tips for traveling safely through bear country. Complementing Bill Sherwonit’s text are photographs from longtime Alaskan Tom Walker, a premier wildlife photographer who has spent hundreds of hours in the company of bears.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sherwonit outlines why Alaska’s brown, black, and polar bears have more to fear from us than we do from them. He dishes out a bit of natural history on each species, and brief outlines on how you should behave when meeting a black, brown, or polar bear. Walker provides top-flight photography.”—\u003ci\u003eAnchorage Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBEAR COUNTRY  Map       THE POLAR BEAR      Home on the Ice      Map      A Diet of Seals      Mothers and Their Dens           Future of the Polar Bear       THE BROWN BEAR\/GRIZZLY BEAR       Surviving Winter  Life as a Cub  Opportunistic Omnivores  Social Life  Future of the Brown Bear   Tips for Traveling in Bear Country    Is it a Brown Bear or a Black Bear?   THE BLACK BEAR  A Creature of the Forest  Building Fat Reserves Into the Winter Den  The Long Sleep  The Young Bears     Future of the Black Bear  VIEWING ALASKA’S BEARS  Prime Viewing Sites    SUGGESTED READING  INDEX","brand":"West Margin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360284901719,"sku":"9781943328581","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781943328581.jpg?v=1754127221","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/alaskas-bears-grizzlies-black-bears-and-polar-bears-revised-edition-9781943328581","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}