We are likely to see an intensification of current conflicts over how best to preserve these animals’ dwindling populations: with conservationists in one corner squaring up to the sport and fur hunters in the other, indigenous people are often caught uncomfortably in the middle.
Clockwise, from top: caribou migrate across the tundra in summer, Hudson Bay, Canada; an Atlantic walrus lounges on Svalbard’s pack ice; a polar bear distributes his weight so as not to fall through thin ice, Cape Churchill, Canada; a typical Greenland landscape; Musk Ox form a defensive line, Banks Island, Canada.
Caribou migrate across the tundra in summer, Hudson Bay, Canada.
Photo by: Bryan and Cherry Alexander
An Atlantic walrus lounges on Svalbard’s pack ice.
Photo by: Bryan and Cherry Alexander
A polar bear distributes his weight so as not to fall through thin ice, Cape Churchill, Canada.
Photo by: Bryan and Cherry Alexander
A typical Greenland landscape.
Photo by: McPhoto / Still Pictures
Musk Ox form a defensive line, Banks Island, Canada.
Photo by: Bryan and Cherry Alexander
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