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Talking on the tundra

Posted by Geoff York in From the field, Polar bears on 8 November, 2013

Participating as a panelist on PBI’s Tundra Connections is not only a great way to reach out to people, it’s also my way of reconnecting with the place polar bears call home and the people who live among them.

Welcome to the polar bear capital of the world

Posted by Geoff York in From the field, Polar bears on 5 November, 2013

Geoff York reports from Churchill, Manitoba.

Looking back on the Laptev Sea

Posted by Geoff York in From the field, Polar bears on 27 August, 2013

People are coming back to the Laptev, and not to just observe the weather or wildlife.

Back to Khatanga

Posted by Geoff York in From the field on 24 August, 2013

As luck would have it, our last day in Khatanga is also the town’s birthday- 380 years old!

Up all night with walruses

Posted by Geoff York in From the field on 22 August, 2013

For their last session of field work with walruses, the team pulls an all-nighter.

How do scientists study walrus?

Posted by Geoff York in From the field on 20 August, 2013

Observation meets modern tools and technology.

Our first polar bear

Posted by Geoff York in From the field, Polar bears on 16 August, 2013

Mikhail wakes up just after midnight. The crew has spotted our first polar bear, and it’s a family group!

Waking up in Khatanga

Posted by Geoff York in From the field on 14 August, 2013

It’s about 4 degrees C this morning, and wisps of fog are rising from the river.

Getting Wooly Underground

Posted by Geoff York in From the field on 14 August, 2013

Some delays have silver linings. A delay in our departure from Khatanga actually had a decidedly cooler lining- a trip to the local woolly mammoth museum housed in a permafrost cave underneath the town.

Climate change shapes polar bears’ past… and future

Posted by Geoff York in General, Polar bears on 2 October, 2012

A recent genetic study of polar bears suggests that past changes in climate helped shape the bears we know today.

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Geoff York

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Geoff York was the lead for WWF on all things polar bear from 2008 to 2014. Before joining WWF he spent several years in Alaska working on polar bear research, tagging and tracking the bears with the United States Geological Survey. Geoff's expertise is recognized by his peers who have invited him to join the Polar Bear Expert Group of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Currently, Geoff is Polar Bear International’s Senior Director of Conservation.

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