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Godfather of polar bear science[/size]

Renowned Edmonton researcher Ian Stirling has written a reference book and memoir that laments the threat facing the majestic creature[/b]


[size=85]Canadian Wildlife Service scientist Ian Stirling, right, prepares to take blood samples from a polar bear. He warns that the species could disappear from most of its range within the next 50 years.
Photograph by: Ed Struzik, The Journal, File, Edmonton Journal

Edmonton scientist Ian Stirling's new book on polar bears wasn't even in bookstores this summer when a venerable American wildlife magazine posted a gushing review.

"A delight to view and to read," wrote biologist Sterling Miller, who noted in his National Wildlife review that he's long benefited from similarities in their names....

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