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  • Tools of the polar bear research trade lie waiting for use on the fur of a polar bear.  Shown here is a calliper, blood viles, measuring tape and syringe needle cover. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Blood samples from a polar bear. Polar Sea icebreaker, Arctic Ocean
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  • Merav Ben David holds up two vials of blood, one taken from a mother polar bear and the other from her cub. Arrctic Ocean
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  • Geoff York, USGS biologist and Katrina Knott, research assistant, prepare a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) to start doing their research.  This female bear will receive a radio collar for future tracking.  Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Polar bear capture team's field box.
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  • Vials of serum from the blood of a polar bear.
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  • John Whiteman displays the LButton Thermochron deep core body temperature device that is implanted inside the abdominal wall of a polar bear for long term body temperature data.
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  • John Whiteman displays the IButton Thermochron deep core body temperature device that is implanted inside the abdominal wall of a polar bear for long term body temperature data.
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  • Geoff York, a USGS biologist and Katrina Knott, research assistant,  taking data from a sedated polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in the foreground while another bear sedated earlier slowly get to its feet in the background. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • The back of a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) paw. Kaktovik, Alaska
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  • Geoff York, a USGS biologist and Katrina Knott, research assistant,  taking data from a sedated polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in the foreground while another bear sedated earlier slowly get to its feet in the background. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Katrina Knott, research assistant for USGS, swabs the inside area between a female polar bears toes. It's thought that female polar bears possibly give off a scent through their feet during estrus. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Geoff York, USGS biologist and Katrina Knott, research assistant, prepare a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) to start doing their research. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Geoff York, USGS biologist and Katrina Knott, research assistant, prepare a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) to start doing their research. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Geoff York a USGS biologist and Katrina Knott, research assistant,  prepare a polar bear to start doing their research. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Geoff York ,a USGS biologist,  finishes up his field work on a sedated polar bear (Ursus maritimus) in the foreground as a second bear in the background, darted earlier wakes and gets to it's feet, still groggy from the tranquilizer. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Steve Amstrup , lead USGS biologist, paints a number on the back of an immobilized large male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) that was darted for research purposes. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • A large male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is identified by his lip tattoo , #20571, which tells the USGS biologists that this bear was caught and tagged in earlier years. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Katrina Knott, a research assistant for the USGS takes weight measurements  of a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on the Beaufort Sea ice. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Geoff York, biologist for USGS, prepares a polar bear to start doing research. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Steve Amstrup , lead USGS biologist, paints a number on the back of an immobilized large male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) that was darted for research purposes. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Steve Amstrup. lead biologist for the USGS leans out of a research helicopter to take aim at a running polar bear to be darted for data collection. Beaufort sea ice in Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Steve Amstrup. lead biologist for the USGS leans out of a research helicopter to take aim at a running polar bear to be darted for data collection. Beaufort sea ice in Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Steve Amstrup. lead biologist for the USGS leans out of a research helicopter to take aim at a running polar bear to be darted for data collection. Beaufort sea ice in Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Steve Amstrup. lead biologist for the USGS leans out of a research helicopter to take aim at a running polar bear to be darted for data collection. Beaufort sea ice in Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • A female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) newly painted with an identifying number on her back, stands in a groggy, disoriented state having just emerged from an immobilizing drug used by USGS biologists to perform field research. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Geoff York, a USGS biologist and Katrina Knott, research assistant, taking measurements of a sedated polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on the Beaufort sea ice. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Geoff York, a USGS biologist and Katrina Knott, research assistant, taking measurements of a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) they've darted on the Beaufort Sea pack ice. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Geoff York, a USGS biologist and Katrina Knott, a research assistant, collecting data from a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on the Beaufort Sea ice. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Geoff York, a USGS biologist and Katrina Knott, a research assistant, collecting data from a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on the Beaufort Sea ice. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • A helicopter with biologists from the USGS approach a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) they recently shot with an immobilization drug. He'll soon be down so they can perform their field research and data collection. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Steve Amstrup. lead biologist for the USGS leans out of a research helicopter to take aim at a running polar bear to be darted for data collection. Beaufort sea ice in Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Geoff York, a USGS biologist and Katrina Knott, research assistant, taking measurements of a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) they've darted on the Beaufort Sea pack ice. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Geoff York, a USGS biologist,  prepares a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) to start doing their research. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Merav Ben David puts a blood sample in a Blood Hematology Analyzer aboard the Polar Sea icebreaker.
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  • The claws, paw of a female polar bear (Ursus maritimus). Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Steve Amstrup and Geoff York, USGS biologists, taking field data from an immobilized large male polar bear (Ursus maritimus). Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Steve Amstrup, lead biologist for the USGS, uses a block and tackle device to weigh a large male polar bear (Ursus maritimus). He weighed 982 lbs. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Steve Amstrup and Geoff York, USGS biologists, using a block and tackle device to take the weight of a large male polar bear (Ursus maritimus).  He was 982 lbs. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • A large male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) lies immobilized on ice of the Beaufort Sea. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Steve Amstrup and Geoff York, USGS biologists, taking a biopsy from an immobilized large male, polar bear (Ursus maritimus). Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Steve Amstrup and Geoff York, USGS biologists, taking field data from an immobilized large male polar bear (Ursus maritimus). Kaktovik, Alaska..
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  • A large male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) losing coordination from the immobilizing drug he was darted with finally tips over and is down. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • A large male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) having just been darted with an immobilizing drug, stands shaky and ready to go down against the beautiful backdrop of the Beaufort Sea ice. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Polar bear radio collars at the USGS field station in Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Geoff York, a USGS biologist  taking measurements of a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on the Beaufort Sea ice. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Geoff York, a USGS biologist  taking measurements of a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on the Beaufort Sea ice. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Geoff York, a USGS biologist, collecting data from a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on the Beaufort Sea ice. Using a block and tackle to take weight measurments.  Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Geoff York ,a USGS biologist, collecting data from a polar bear  (Ursus maritimus) on the Beaufort Sea ice. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • The dart used to tranquilize the polar bear. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • To age a polar bear properly it's necessary to remove one of the vestigial pre-molars, a tooth just behind the lower canines. It's thought that these teeth are not used a great deal and are unnecessary for survival. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Geoff York, biologist for the USGS,  prepares a male polar bear to extract a tooth used to  age the animal. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Geoff York, USGS biologist, checks the ear tag of a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) darted from the air for data collection. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Blood samples from polar bear #20571, captured on the Beaufort Sea, prepared by Katrina Knott will eventually   be sent to Fairbanks, Alaska for further analysis. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Steve Amstrup and Geoff York, USGS biologists, taking field data from an immobilized large male polar bear (Ursus maritimus). Kaktovik, Alaska..
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  • Steve Amstrup and Geoff York, USGS biologists, using a block and tackle device to take the weight of a large male polar bear (Ursus maritimus).  He was 982 lbs. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Steve Amstrup and Geoff York, USGS biologists, using a block and tackle device to take the weight of a large male polar bear (Ursus maritimus).  He was 982 lbs. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Steve Amstrup and Geoff York, USGS biologists, taking a biopsy from an immobilized large male, polar bear (Ursus maritimus). Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Steve Amstrup and Geoff York, USGS biologists, taking field data from an immobilized large male polar bear (Ursus maritimus). Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Steve Amstrup, lead biologist for the USGS, admisters additional telezol , an immobilizing drug to a large male polar bear (Ursus maritimus). Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • A large male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) losing coordination from the immobilizing drug he was darted with. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • A large male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) losing coordination from the immobilizing drug he was darted with. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Steve Amstrup, lead polar bear biologist for the USGS prepares a dart that will be filled with telezol, an imobilizing drug. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Steve Amstrup, lead USGS polar bear biologist prepares for a day of field work in Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Geoff York, a USGS biologist uses a portable block and tackle device to take weight measurements of a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on the Beaufort Sea ice. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • A female polar bear (Ursus maritimus) gets to her feet, still groggy from the tranquilizing drug used to immobilize her for field data collection by USGS biologist Geoff York. A number has been painted on her back for easy identification from the air that she's already been captured this season. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Geoff York a USGS biologist  collecting data from a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on the Beaufort Sea ice. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Geoff York ,a USGS biologist, collecting data from a polar bear  (Ursus maritimus) on the Beaufort Sea ice. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Geoff York ,a USGS biologist, collecting data from a polar bear  (Ursus maritimus) on the Beaufort Sea ice. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • The paw of a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) showing its claws. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Dr. Steve, Amstrup, USGS biologist, and chopper pilot Doc Gohmert hover over a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) recently darted with immobilizing drugs. Beaufort Sea ice pack, Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • A large male polar bear (Ursus maritimus) having just been darted with an immobilizing drug, stands shaky and ready to go down. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Supplies used to perform field research on polar bears by the USGS in at their research station in Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Katrina Knott , field research assistant, works on preparing blood samples taken from polar bears by USGS biologists. She's working from her field lab at a US Fish & Wildlife Service station in Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Two polar bears are down, having been darted from the air. Geoff York and Katrina Knott prepare the animals to start doing their research. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Katrina Knott , field research assistant, works on preparing blood samples taken from polar bears by USGS biologists. She's working from her field lab at a US Fish & Wildlife Service station in Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Geoff York, USGS biologist prepares a polar bears lip for tattooing with an identifying number, The tattoo is a way to scientifically ID the particular animal for future reference. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Geoff York, USGS biologist prepares a polar bears lip for tattooing with an identifying number, The tattoo is a way to scientifically ID the particular animal for future reference. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • A polar beat (Ursus maritimus) lays sedated on the Beaufort sea ice with a set of calipers on his head used to take his measurements. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Geoff York, USGS biologist organizing field gear in the garage of the field research station in Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Geoff York, USGS biologist organizing field gear in the garage of the field research station in Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Dr. Steve Amstrup, USGS biologist, and assistant Karyn Rode preparing to collect data from a small female polar bear (Ursus maritimus). Beaufort Sea ice pack, Kaktovik, Alaska
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  • Geoff York a USGS biologist, prepares a radio collar while Katrina Knott, research assistant, painting an ID number on the back of a polar bear. The ID number is to make it easy to see from the air that the bear was captured already. Kaktovik, Alaska
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  • Geoff York, a USGS biologist and Katrina Knott, research assistant, collecting data from a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on the Beaufort Sea ice. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Dr. Steve Amstrup, USGS biologist, and Doc Gohmert, chopper pilot, prepare to land near an immobilized polar bear (Ursus maritimus). Beaufort Sea ice pack, Kaktovik, Alaska
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  • Geoff York preparing for field work at the USGS field station in Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Ice breaking apart , Late April, Beaufort Sea. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Ice breaking apart , Late April, Beaufort Sea. Kaktovik, Alaska.
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  • Dr. Steve Amstrup, USGS biologist, takes the skull measurement of a large male polar bear on the ice pack of the Beaufort Sea. A group of biologists lead by Dr. Amstrup, head to the Beaufort Sea pack ice each year to collect data on this region's polar bear population. I spent two weeks helping them with their research and documenting their project. This is part of the Tri-P, Polar Population Project, sponsored in part by Polar Bears International to census Arctic regions for an accurate count of the world's remaining polar bears
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  • Geoff York, USGS biologist, and Katrina Knott, research assistant, collect data from a polar bear (Ursus maritimus) on the Beaufort Sea ice. Kaktovik, Alaska
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  • Dr. Steve Amstrup, lead biologist for the USGS polar bear capture project, instructing a co-worker on the fine points of shooting a dart gun at a running polar bear from a moving helicopter. Kaktovik, Alaska
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  • Steve Amstrup and Geoff York, USGS biologists, taking field data from a large, immobilized male polar bear (Ursus maritimus). Kaktovik, Alaska
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  • Dr. Steve Amstrup, USGS biologist, and Daniel Cox use a weight bar to lift and weigh a small, 365-pound female polar bear. Beaufort Sea
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  • Steve Amstrup and Geoff York, USGS biologists, taking blood from an immobilized large male polar bear.
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  • Steve Amstrup and Geoff York, USGS biologists, taking field data from an immobilized large male polar bear (Ursus maritimus). Kaktovik, Alaska
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  • A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) makes tracks in the snow. These tracks are important for being able to find the bears on the ice for darting and capturing for scientific research.
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  • A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) with an immobilizA polar bear (Ursus maritimus) makes tracks in the snow. these tracks are important for being able to find the bears on the ice for darting and capture.ing dart in it's side makes tracks in the snow. These tracks are important for being able to find the bears on the ice for darting and capture.
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  • USGS polar bear team preparing for a day of polar bear research. Kaktovik, Alaska
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  • A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) lies spread out over the ice of the Beaufort Sea. He's immobilized from a tranquilizer and on the verge of waking after USGS biologists have just performed their field tests on him. Kaktovik, Alaska
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  • Polar bear shot with a dart filled with an immobilizing drug. The bear is showing signs of ataxia. Beaufort Sea, Alaska
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