Acknowledgements
Financial and logistical support for this study was provided by Alberta
Society of Professional Biologists, ArcticNet, Canadian Association of
Zoos and Aquariums, Canadian Circumpolar Institute, Canadian Wildlife
Federation, Care for the Wild International, the Churchill Northern
Studies Centre, Earth Rangers Foundation, Environment and Climate Change
Canada, EnviroNorth, Hauser Bears, the Isdell Family Foundation, Kansas
City Zoo, Manitoba Sustainable Development, Natural Sciences and
Engineering Research Council of Canada, Northern Science Training
Program, Parks Canada Agency, Pittsburgh Zoo Conservation Fund, Polar
Bears International, Quark Expeditions, Schad Foundation, the Takla
Foundation, University of Alberta, W. Garfield Weston Foundation,
Wildlife Media Inc., World Wildlife Fund (Canada), and World Wildlife
Fund Arctic Programme.