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010    on1134764279 
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020    9781501155369|q(hardcover) 
020    1501155369|q(hardcover) 
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092    599.786|bRAF 
100 1  Raffan, James. 
245 10 Ice walker :|ba polar bear's journey through the fragile 
       arctic /|cJames Raffan. 
250    Simon & Schuster Canada edition. 
264  1 Toronto, Ontario :|bSimon & Schuster Canada,|c2020. 
300    xxi, 161 pages :|billustrations ;|c20 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "Phyllis Bruce editions" 
520    "From the top of the world, Hudson Bay looks like an 
       enormous paw print on the torso of the continent, and 
       through a vast network of lakes and rivers, the water in 
       this bay connects to oceans across the globe. Here, at the
       heart of everything, walks Nanurjuk, or Nanu, one polar 
       bear among the six thousand that traverse the 1.23 million
       square kilometres of ice and snow covering the bay. For 
       millennia, Nanu's ancestors have roamed this great expanse,
       living, evolving, and surviving alongside humans in one of
       the most challenging and unforgiving habitats on earth. 
       But that world is changing. In the Arctic's lands and 
       waters, oil has been extracted--and spilled. As global 
       temperatures have risen, the sea ice that Nanu and her 
       young need to hunt seal and fish has melted, forcing them 
       to wait on land where the delicate balance between them 
       and their two-legged neighbours has now shifted. This is 
       the icescape that author and geographer James Raffan 
       invites us to inhabit in Ice Walker. In precise and 
       provocative prose, he brings readers inside Nanu's world 
       as she treks uncertainly around the heart of Hudson Bay, 
       searching for nourishment for the children that grow 
       inside her. She stops at nothing to protect her cubs from 
       the dangers she can see--other bears, wolves, whales, 
       humans--and those she cannot. By focusing his lens on this
       bear family, Raffan closes the gap between humans and 
       bears, showing us how, like the water of the Hudson Bay, 
       our existence--and our future--is tied to Nanu's, and asks
       us to consider what might be done about this fragile world
       before it is gone for good. Masterful, vivid, and haunting,
       Ice Walker is an utterly unique piece of creative non-
       fiction and a deeply affecting call to action."--
       |cProvided by publisher. 
650  0 Polar bear|xEffect of global warming on|zHudson Bay. 
650  0 Polar bear|xClimatic factors|zHudson Bay. 
650  0 Global warming|zHudson Bay. 
650  0 Climatic changes|zHudson Bay. 
650  0 Global temperature changes|xEnvironmental aspects|zHudson 
       Bay. 
650  0 Polar bear|xEffect of global warming on. 
650  0 Polar bear|xClimatic factors. 
650  0 Global warming. 
650  0 Climatic changes. 
650  0 Global temperature changes|xEnvironmental aspects. 
650  0 Polar bear. 
650  0 Global temperature changes.