date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:11:58 -0400
from: "Elizabeth Peacock" <epeacock@nunavutwildlife.ca>
subject: RE: Emerging from Hibernation
to: "'Mark Hassall'" <M.Hassall@uea.ac.uk>, <amyoliver@cantab.net>, "'Miroslaw Kuc'" <mirokuc@rogers.com>, "'Tim Osborn'" <t.osborn@uea.ac.uk>

   Hi Mark -


   Thanks for your notes. I added some comments to them.


   I think it would be great if you took a first stab at the Introduction. You and I could bat
   it around - as we have a pretty good idea of how things will pan out. Although you may not
   know as much about polar bears ---- you certainly do have by far the most experience in
   writing and the most broad ecological background to make this interesting to a wider
   audience. I can help out with the pbear ideas.


   I've attached Amy's stab at the methods here. Miro will eventually add some technical parts
   re: RISKMAN and natality. I haven't had the time to comment on them yet.


   The results should be coming in in waves from Miro. Once I get them all - I can take a look
   and summarize them and suggest to the group what I think is most poignant, unique and
   interesting in terms of polar bear conservation, management and ecology.


   At that point - we could talk about the discussion.


   Things are coming together ......


   I leave for Baffin Bay quota reduction meetings on Monday. Wish me luck.


   Elizabeth Peacock, Ph.D.

   Polar bear biologist

   Department of Environment

   Government of Nunavut

   Box 209

   Igloolik, NU

   X0A-0L0

   epeacock@nunavutwildlife.ca

   ph: 867-934-2186

   fx: 867-934-2190


   From: Mark Hassall [mailto:M.Hassall@uea.ac.uk]
   Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2008 1:29 PM
   To: amyoliver@cantab.net; mktaylor@qiniq.com; 'Miroslaw Kuc'; 'Elizabeth Peacock'; 'Tim
   Osborn'
   Subject: Emerging from Hibernation


   Dear All,

    I feel a bit as though I am emerging from hibernation to discover that everyone else has
   been beavering away all winter while I've been sleeping.  Sorry about this, I'll try and
   make up I promise.

    To help me get back into gear I have been through all my notes and the e-mails you have
   kindly sent me and written out for my own benefit what I thought were the key elements of
   what has been happening since last December.

    Please could you be kind enough to glance through these notes and let me have any comments
   and corrections that you think appropriate.  I make a few suggestions as to how I might
   contribute to the writing and would be especially grateful for comments on those.

    All the best, its good to be out of the den on the fresh clean snow again. (I know,
   someone is about to tell me male polar bears don't hibernate in dens, so let's pretend I am
   an errant grizzly!!!!)

    Cheers,

      Mark

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