[Paddlewise] Global warming

Kevin Whilden wrote:
>At 07:46 PM 8/8/00 -0800, Rev. Bob Carter wrote:
>>For those of you planning to paddle in Prince Willian Sound here in Alaska,
>>recently a polar bear was sighted near Whitter. This is hundreds and hundreds
>>of miles south of their normal territory.

>Sounds like an almost certain sign of global warming to me. I am going to
>have add that one to my list of the dangers kayakers face from global
>warming. Do you know of a URL that points to a news story on this event?

Wouldn't the global warming encourage the polar bears to migrate further *north*
(to be more in their "natural" climate) rather than further south?

Evan


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