Eigel Reimers, who shared a 2014 Ig Nobel Prize with Sindre Eftestøl, for testing how reindeer react to seeing humans who are disguised as polar bears, tells all about it, in an essay he wrote for the Norwegian Polar Club. It says, in part: The question hung in the air and hung there: had the […]
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How do muskoxen react to humans disguised as polar bears?
The recent experiment by Joel Berger and colleagues, to test how muskoxen react to humans disguised as polar bears, was inspired by the Ig Nobel Prize-winning experiment done by two Norwegian scientists. This brief video shows the new experiment: The 2014 Ig Nobel Prize for arctic science was awarded to Eigil Reimers and Sindre Eftestøl, for […]
Don’t blame the bear. Blame the gull.
There is news about polar bears, barnacle geese and their eggs. BBC News reports: An Arctic expedition has confirmed fears that polar bears are preying on the eggs of barnacle geese that migrate to the Solway Firth each winter. During a recent trip, scientists discovered evidence of bears eating thousands of eggs. The bears have […]