The Polar Bear Family Book

As the only pan-continental region to be named after an animal, the Arctic is especially honoured, for among examples of successful environmental adaptation none is more distinguished than the arktos or polar bear. Here, in a close look at the growth and life of two polar bear cubs and their mother, we see thermal efficiency, navigational and parenting skills, and specialised metabolism developed to perfection, while the tremendous photographs make their own plea for the bear's Arctic supremacy.

This series has made a gentle but invaluable contribution to our understanding of animals as fellow creatures and this is one of its best.