On this episode, I chat with Dr. Gregory Thiemann, an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University. Greg has studied the ecology and conservation of polar bears and Arctic marine mammals for the past 21 years and talks to me about his research on trophic interactions, foraging ecology, and the use of biochemical markers to investigate predator diets. He has also been a member of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Polar Bear Specialist Group since 2008. We chat about Arctic ecology, climate change, and the complexities around polar bear hunting, including the blurry line between subsistence and economics in the Arctic.

On today’s episode we discuss:

• Species At Risk Registry: Polar Bears: https://species-registry.canada.ca/index-en.html#/species/167-284
• Article: “Arctic Habitat Conservation Requires Climate Change Action”: https://landscapesandletters.com/2022/05/03/arctic-habitat-conservation-requires-climate-change-action/
• Article: “U.S. bans import of polar bear trophies: official”: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/u-s-bans-import-of-polar-bear-trophies-official-1.712686