Ian Stirling (biologist)

Ian Stirling

OC FRSC
Ian Stirling; OC FRSC
Born	September 26, 1941
Citizenship	Canadian
Alma mater	University of British Columbia; University of Canterbury;
Known for	Polar bears
Spouse	Stella
Children	3
	Scientific career
Fields	Mammalogy; Population ecology; Natural history;
Institutions	Environment Canada; University of Alberta;
Thesis	Population ecology of the Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica (1968)
Doctoral advisor	Bernard Stonehouse
Other academic advisors	James F. Bendell

Ian Grote Stirling OC FRSC (born September 26, 1941) is a research scientist emeritus with Environment and Climate Change Canada and an adjunct professor in the University of Alberta Department of Biological Sciences. His research has focused mostly on Arctic and Antarctic zoology and ecology, and he is one of the world's top authorities on polar bears. Stirling has written five books and more than 150 articles published in peer-reviewed scientific journals. He has written and spoken extensively about the danger posed to polar bears by global warming.

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