Interview with Dr. Steven Amstrup
Pieczenik, Sharon | 2007-08-22 | 15:05mins | POLAR BEARS.
This interview with Dr. Steven Amstrup was commissioned by Polar Bears International. It is an informational interview that discusses the effects of global climate change on the polar bear population. Dr. Steven C. Amtrup is the team leader for the U.S. effort to study the polar bears of the Southern Beaufort Sea. He works with the U.S. Geological Survey's Alaska Science Center. He also led the effort to map polar bear maternity denning sites in the Alaska National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) and is the author of the chapter on polar bears in "Wild Mammals of North America: Biology, Management, and Conservation," edited by George A. Feldhamer, Bruce C. Thompson, and Joseph A. Chapman. Comments (619)
Sharon Pieczenik and Dr. Steven Amstrup met through Polar Bears International during the 2006 bear season. This interview was shot on the Tundra Buggy Lodge out on the tundra. It would have been preferable to shoot the interview outside on the deck of the lodge, however it is extremely windy in Churchill and the surrounding areas. Working in the tundra poses some very interesting problems when aiming for clean video and sound...but the challenges make the job exciting (if not a bit stressful).
Sharon Pieczenik: lighting, cinematography, sound, interviewer, editor
Edward Watkins: PBI logo animation