"The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming World" @ World Forestry Center

November 29, 2010 — PDXPIPELINE

From our sponsors at Discovery Museum:
Discovery Museum Featured Exhibit
The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming World

Through January 2, 2011
Discovery Museum | World Forestry Center
4033 SW CANYON RD
PORTLAND OREGON 97221
Hours, rates, map: http://worldforestry.org

The polar bear — a charismatic icon in the struggle against climate change — faces a precarious future along with other ice-dependent species as its Arctic habitat rapidly continues to melt away. With camera in hand, wildlife photographer Steven Kazlowski has dedicated over eight years of work to bring to life the immediate reality of this most pressing environmental crisis — the devastation of the Arctic ecosystem through global warming.

Organized by the Burke Museum and Braided River, a conservation imprint of The Mountaineers Books, The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming World presents over 40 large-format color photographs by Kazlowski and documents the polar bear in its Arctic coastal habitat from Hershel Island in Canada to Point Hope, Alaska. Accompanying panels and labels illuminate the drama at the heart of the global warming debate.

For more information about Portland's polar bears, Conrad and Tasul, visit the Oregon Zoo!