Arctic contributor: Michael Engelhard Michael Engelhard is the author of a new essay collection,“American Wild,”and of “Ice Bear: The Cultural History of an Arctic Icon,” from which this essay has been excerpted. He lives in Fairbanks, Alaska, and works as a wilderness guide in the Arctic.   https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/contributor/michael-engelhard/rss en Here Be White Bears: the Arctic’s Pale Predators Environment Thu, 08 Jun 2017 09:11:03 +0000 Michael Engelhard https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/06/08/here-be-white-bears-the-arctics-pale-predators https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/06/08/here-be-white-bears-the-arctics-pale-predators HAKAI: While dragons and other mythical beasts marked the charts of early mariners, Renaissance maps were illustrated with images – part fantasy and part fact – of polar bears. Polar Bears and the Bounty of the Bone Pile Northern People & Health Mon, 20 Mar 2017 08:32:08 +0000 Michael Engelhard https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/03/20/polar-bears-and-the-bounty-of-the-bone-pile https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2017/03/20/polar-bears-and-the-bounty-of-the-bone-pile HAKAI MAGAZINE: Polar bear viewing is fast becoming a cottage industry as tourists flock to the northern Alaskan city of Kaktovik. But at what cost – for the bears and the community? Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: The Place Where Life Begins Energy & Natural Resources Environment Fri, 27 Jan 2017 05:01:39 +0000 Michael Engelhard https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2017/01/27/alaskas-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-the-place-where-life-begins https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/community/2017/01/27/alaskas-arctic-national-wildlife-refuge-the-place-where-life-begins The long-running debate over whether to open up Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to development is about to resume. Arctic wilderness guide and author Michael Engelhard makes his case for the area’s protection. The Polar Bear as National Symbol and Emblem of Conservation Tue, 27 Dec 2016 09:31:04 +0000 Michael Engelhard https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2016/12/27/the-polar-bear-as-national-symbol-and-emblem-of-conservation https://www.newsdeeply.com/arctic/articles/2016/12/27/the-polar-bear-as-national-symbol-and-emblem-of-conservation Polar bears are prized for very different reasons across cultures, as Michael Engelhard explains in this excerpt from his new book, “Ice Bear: The Cultural History of an Arctic Icon.”