Comments on: About Julene http://polarbearadventure.edublogs.org Make a Difference in Global Climate Change by Reducing Your Carbon Footprint Locally! Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:45:02 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Julene Reed http://polarbearadventure.edublogs.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Julene Reed Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:45:02 +0000 #comment-32 To answer a couple of your questions... Inside the ice sculpture will be a bronze sculpture of a polar bear's skeleton. The artist said it is close to the real size and fairly accurate, but not completely scientifically accurate as it is an artistic rendition of the skeleton. Great question! As far as whether polar bears are dangerous or not...a bear is a bear is a bear. So, yes, they can be dangerous, but most of the time they are curious. However, we never are on the ground around the polar bears unless we are tranquilizing them for scientific purposes. Otherwise, we are in tundra buggies or helicopters. If we do walk on the tundra, we are very careful as the bears blend into the snow and are sometimes hard to see. We always have someone who has a gun with cracker shells to scare the bears away if they approach. And, as a last resort, we do have a real gun, too. But, bear spray is the best protection if you have to use something because it won't hurt the bears longterm. If we see a bear in danger, it is often a difficult situation. We don't want to interfere with nature and the natural order of things. But, once in a while, there might be circumstances for which we might do something to help a bear that is in danger. But, it all depends on the specific situation. Most of the time, we don't want to interfere with the bears' normal lives. By the way, I used to teach second grade a really long time ago! I hope these answers help! To answer a couple of your questions…

Inside the ice sculpture will be a bronze sculpture of a polar bear’s skeleton. The artist said it is close to the real size and fairly accurate, but not completely scientifically accurate as it is an artistic rendition of the skeleton. Great question!

As far as whether polar bears are dangerous or not…a bear is a bear is a bear. So, yes, they can be dangerous, but most of the time they are curious. However, we never are on the ground around the polar bears unless we are tranquilizing them for scientific purposes. Otherwise, we are in tundra buggies or helicopters. If we do walk on the tundra, we are very careful as the bears blend into the snow and are sometimes hard to see. We always have someone who has a gun with cracker shells to scare the bears away if they approach. And, as a last resort, we do have a real gun, too. But, bear spray is the best protection if you have to use something because it won’t hurt the bears longterm.

If we see a bear in danger, it is often a difficult situation. We don’t want to interfere with nature and the natural order of things. But, once in a while, there might be circumstances for which we might do something to help a bear that is in danger. But, it all depends on the specific situation. Most of the time, we don’t want to interfere with the bears’ normal lives.

By the way, I used to teach second grade a really long time ago! I hope these answers help!

]]> By: Making A Difference… | Our Classroom Blog - Grade 2D http://polarbearadventure.edublogs.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Making A Difference… | Our Classroom Blog - Grade 2D Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:03:08 +0000 #comment-31 [...]  Today, we started to read a blog that is posted from the Tundra, in Churchill, Manitoba by Julene Reed.  This blog is really a fasinating tool for us as it brings a real-life issue right into our [...] [...]  Today, we started to read a blog that is posted from the Tundra, in Churchill, Manitoba by Julene Reed.  This blog is really a fasinating tool for us as it brings a real-life issue right into our [...]

]]> By: Julene Reed http://polarbearadventure.edublogs.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Julene Reed Tue, 24 Feb 2009 03:48:53 +0000 #comment-26 I love the idea! And, I will post it on the main page soon! Thanks so much. Keep sending thoughts my way! J. I love the idea! And, I will post it on the main page soon! Thanks so much. Keep sending thoughts my way!

J.

]]> By: Nathan http://polarbearadventure.edublogs.org/about/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Nathan Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:48:46 +0000 #comment-24 Hello, My name is Nathan Tone, and I have been working the past couple weeks to increase the listener base of Encounters Radio: Experiences in the North, a weekly podcast chronicling host Richard Nelson’s explorations in the Alaskan wild. After looking at your blog, I thought that you and your readers might be interested in his episode Polar Bears and Climate Change. Recorded dangerously close to the polar bears, it is an exciting, first hand narrative of many of the issues you address in your blog. If you are interested, you can find the episode here, http://feeds2.feedburner.com/EncountersNorth Take a listen and consider posting it to your blog. Every time I listen, Richard Nelson’s narrative transports me into the middle of his current adventure. It really is special. Thank you for your time, Nathan Tone Hello,

My name is Nathan Tone, and I have been working the past couple weeks to increase the listener base of Encounters Radio: Experiences in the North, a weekly podcast chronicling host Richard Nelson’s explorations in the Alaskan wild. After looking at your blog, I thought that you and your readers might be interested in his episode Polar Bears and Climate Change. Recorded dangerously close to the polar bears, it is an exciting, first hand narrative of many of the issues you address in your blog. If you are interested, you can find the episode here,

http://feeds2.feedburner.com/EncountersNorth

Take a listen and consider posting it to your blog. Every time I listen, Richard Nelson’s narrative transports me into the middle of his current adventure. It really is special.

Thank you for your time,

Nathan Tone

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