Ice Bear

Michael Engelhard works as a wilderness guide in Arctic Alaska and holds an MA in cultural anthropology from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. His books include Where the Rain Children Sleep: A Sacred Geography of the Colorado Plateau, the anthology Wild Moments: Adventures with Animals of the North, and a recent essay collection, American Wild: Explorations from the Grand Canyon to the Arctic Ocean. His writing has also appeared in Sierra, Outside, Audubon, National Wildlife, National Parks, High Country News, and the San Francisco Chronicle.

Michael Engelhard is the author of two essay collections, Where the Rain Children Sleep and American Wild, and the editor of four anthologies, including Wild Moments: Adventures with Animals of the North. His writing has appeared in Sierra, Outside, National Wildlife, the San Francisco Chronicle, High Country News, and other publications. Trained as a cultural anthropologist at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, he has participated in fieldwork north of the Arctic Circle. He now guides wilderness trips in Gates of the Arctic National Park and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, his favorite places in the world. Having lived in Nome, at the southern limit of the White Bear's range, these days he calls Fairbanks, Alaska his home.

Acknowledgments
Polar Bear-Human Time Line
Map: Territories of Northern Peoples and Polar Bear Range
1. A Beast for the Ages
2. The Life and Death of a Superstar
3. The Bear as Early Commodity
4. Object of Scientific Curiosity
5. From White Terror to Trophy of Modernity
6. Zoo Bear and Circus Bear
7. Honored Guest and Ten-Legged Menace
8. A Taste of the Wild
9. The Transformative Bear
10. Helper and Protector
11. Lover, Super-Male, Mate
12. Archetype, Role Model, Eco Ambassador
13. Another Seaside Attraction
Notes
Associations and Websites
Selected Bibliography
Index