A Little Less Arctic

In Arctic Canada Hudson Bay is a site of great exploration history aboriginal culture and a vast marine wilderness supporting large populations of marine mammals and birds. These include some of the most iconic Arctic animals like beluga narwhal bowhead whales and polar bears. Due to the challenges of conducting field research in this region some of the mysteries of where these animals move and how they are able to survive in such seemingly inhospitable ice-choked habitats are just now being unlocked. For example are polar bears being replaced by killer whales? This new information could not be more salient as the Hudson Bay Region is undergoing rapid environmental change due to global warming as well as increased pressures from industrial development interests. A Little Less Arctic brings together some of the world’s leading Arctic scientists to present the current state of knowledge on the physical and biological characteristics of Hudson Bay.