This website has been hosted by the Norwegian Polar Institute since 2001 but will be transitioning to a new platform. In the interim, you will find a link below to the old website. However, due to technical issues this website is now only an image, and thus some of the content is dated.
Markus Dyck, polar bear biologist for the Government of Nunavut (Canada), died on April 25, 2021, in a helicopter accident while surveying polar bears in Lancaster Sound. He will be remembered as a fierce advocate for polar bears and the North, and a true field biologist.