Fred Bruemmer Boeken

World of the Polar Bear enchants the reader with over 112 magnificent color photographs complemented by archival photographs and etchings. Bruemmer relates adventurers' tales, biologists' details, and his own intimate experience of what has been called "the Arctic ring of life." He describes the polar bear's hunting, mating and birthing rituals, the unique symbiotic relationship that exists between the polar bear and the seals who share its icy habitat, and the bear's more tentative association with modern man. He evokes the excitement of the moment he ventured to touch a bear, the time a bear surprised him outside the safety of the Tundra Buggy, or the tragic time a fellow bear watcher got too close.

The harp seal is one of nature's most appealing and defenceless creatures, so the worldwide outrage at the annual hunt for the pelts of the baby harp seals was not surprising. This hunt ended only recently and now each spring hundreds of nature lovers flock to see the newborn pups.;In this book, Fred Bruemmer follows the life of one female harp seal from her mating dance, through migration to the birth of her pup in sub-zero temperature. He describes the pups' early days until they begin their long, often solitary, 4000 mile migration to the fjords of south-west Greenland.;Accompanying the text which includes details of the natural history of the harp seal, are more than 120 of the author's photographs of the seals and other animals found in arctic waters.

Photographs and text of the year-round life of Eskimos.

Over fifty colour and forty black-and-white photographs of arctic wildlife.

World of the Polar Bear enchants the reader with over 112 magnificent color photographs complemented by archival photographs and etchings. Bruemmer relates adventurers' tales, biologists' details, and his own intimate experience of what has been called "the Arctic ring of life." He describes the polar bear's hunting, mating and birthing rituals, the unique symbiotic relationship that exists between the polar bear and the seals who share its icy habitat, and the bear's more tentative association with modern man. He evokes the excitement of the moment he ventured to touch a bear, the time a bear surprised him outside the safety of the Tundra Buggy, or the tragic time a fellow bear watcher got too close.

Fred Bruemmer has studied and photographed seals for more than 35 years, and he chronicles the joys of that long relationship in this lavishly illustrated volume. His stunning photographs have recorded seals all over the world - ranging from Australia to the Atlantic Ocean to southern Africa - as they nurse, feed, and protect their young. Bruemmer has even captured such rare species as the six-ton southern elephant seal and the elegant, 120-pound Baikal seal - found only in the Siberian lake from which it takes its name. <p> The fascinating text that complements the photos is both a scientific survey of the four main pinniped families - the fur seals, the sea lions, the walrus, and the Phocids, or "true seals" - and a passionate cry of grief. </p><p> Wondrous and heartbreaking, <i>Seals in the Wild</i> is an invaluable document of this battered but beautiful species.</p>

Autor Fred Bruemmer hat in über 30 Jahren über längere Zeiträume in allen Teilen der Arktis gelebt. Er hat dabei mit vielen verschiedenen Gruppen der Inuit, uns besser als Eskimos bekannt, zusammengelebt und enge Bande zu ihnen geknüpft -- und er hat deren Lebensweise So erfährt der Leser beispielsweise, wie die Inuit wohnen, wie sie ihre Nahrung beschaffen und dass sie gerne feiern. Fred Bruemmer hat zudem in vielen Gesprächen, vor allem mit älteren Inuit, auch von vergangenen Zeiten erfahren. Dabei wird eines Seitdem die westliche Zivilisation in die nördlichsten Gebiete unseres Planeten vorgedrungen ist, sind dort angestammte Traditionen verloren Wal- oder Robbenfangmethoden wurden aufgegeben und vergessen, die heutige Jugend wandert ab -- oder verfällt dem Alkohol. Genauso erschreckend ist die Tatsache, dass Ethnien im zirkumpolaren Raum durch eingeschleppte Krankheiten ihrer "Entdecker" ausgelöscht wurden.Insgesamt ist Mein Leben mit den Inuit ein großartiges Buch über Menschen, die in einer unwirklichen Umgebung exzellente Überlebensstrategien entwickelt hatten. Erschreckend ist, wie schnell der Einfluss der westlichen Zivilisation diese auf die extremen Bedingungen perfekt eingestellte Kultur zerstören konnte. Auch wer kein Fan der Arktis ist, wird von Mein Leben mit den Inuit begeistert sein. --Anja Heiland