Arctic paradox: polar bears, climate change and American environmentalism

• Main Author: Loeffler, Carolyn Kozak
• Other Authors: Ehrlander, Mary, Cole, Terrence, Boylan, Brandon, Woodward, Kesler, Hirsch, Alexander
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Polar bear; Popular culture; Art; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Fairbanks; Lanes; Climate change; ice pack; Ursus maritimus; Alaska
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11122/9675

Thesis (M.A.) University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2018 By virtually any standard of measurement, the Arctic is hotter than ever before, physically, politically and emotionally. Rising ocean temperatures, opening sea lanes, disappearing pack ice and global fear of environmental devastation have combined...