Big as a Calf, White as a Swan

The polar bear is not only the planet’s biggest land-based carnivore, but it also has a long and colorful, if often violent, history of interaction with humans, which is the topic of an illustrated new book titled "Ice Bear: The Cultural History of an Arctic Icon," \by Michael Engelhard, who is both a cultural anthropologist and a wilderness guide.
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