
Polar Bears
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Waves eat at the forming ice on the edge of a barrier island just off Barter Island. 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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