Odds he fails it, 100 to 1.

(Daily Mail) — A wildlife scientist, whose report on dead polar bears in Arctic waters became a rallying call for climate change campaigners, will face a lie detector test as part of an investigation by federal agents.

Jeffrey Gleason, who co-wrote a 2006 report highlighting the danger posed to the animals by melting ice, will take a polygraph over alleged scientific misconduct connected to the study, the Independent reported.

It is the latest twist to what some have dubbed ‘Polarbeargate’ in which Mr Gleason and his co-author Charles Monnett, whose research was cited by Al Gore in An Inconvenient Truth and made polar bears a symbol of global warming, have been repeatedly questioned by authorities.

Their supporters claim the investigation is nothing more than a witch-hunt geared towards intimidating researchers whose studies might affect the politics of climate change.

The pair’s 2006 report told of dead bears floating in the Arctic Ocean in 2004, apparently drowned having been forced to swim further for food.

But earlier this year, allegations were made within the U.S. Department of the Interior over ‘integrity issues’ in relation to the report, and the Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) began an inquiry.