Out on the Ice in the Middle of the Bay is the poetic tale of a human toddler meeting a polar bear cub, peacefully alone, out on the ice. There follows a gripping confrontation between human father and animal mother, with their mutual distrust and anxiety for their young.

• ISBN: 9781550372779
• Author: Cumming, Peter
• Published: 1993 , Annick Press
• Themes: Animals, Human-animal relationships, Indigenous, Inuit, parents, Polar Bears
• Descriptors: Americas, Arctic, Canada, Fiction, North America, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)
• No. of pages: 32