
Polar Bears
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Photographers visiting to photograph the bears contribute to the local economy. Every fall, polar bears gather near the community of Kaktovik, Alaska, on the northern edge of ANWR, waiting for the Arctic Ocean to freeze. The bears have become a symbol of global warming.
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