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Polar bear

Index Polar bear

The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) is a large bear native to the Arctic and nearby areas. [1]

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  1. 288 relations: ABC Islands bear, Age of Enlightenment, Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears, Alaska, Alaska Zoo, Aldebaran, Algae, Ambush predator, American black bear, Amylase, An Inconvenient Truth, Apex predator, Aquiline nose, Archipelago, Arctic, Arctic Archipelago, Arctic fox, Arctic sea ice decline, Augustus II the Strong, Backscatter, Bacteria, Baffin Bay, Barents Sea, Barter Island, Bear, Bearded seal, Beaufort Sea, Beluga whale, Berlin Zoo, Binky (polar bear), Bioaccumulation, Björn Kurtén, Blubber, Brown bear, Camouflage, Canine tooth, Cannibalism, Canter and gallop, Carl Hagenbeck, Carl Linnaeus, Carnivore, Carta marina, Catherine I of Russia, Central Park Zoo, Cetacea, Charismatic megafauna, Cheek teeth, Children's literature, Chukchi Sea, Churchill, Manitoba, ... Expand index (238 more) »

  2. Carnivorans of Asia
  3. Carnivorans of Europe
  4. Holarctic fauna
  5. Mammals described in 1774
  6. Mammals of the Arctic
  7. Marine mammals
  8. Pleistocene bears
  9. Polar bears
  10. Species endangered by climate change
  11. Ursus (mammal)
  12. Vulnerable biota of Asia
  13. Vulnerable biota of Europe

ABC Islands bear

The ABC Islands bear or Sitka brown bear (Ursus arctos sitkensis) is a subspecies or population of brown bear that resides in Southeast Alaska and is found on Admiralty Island, Baranof Island, and Chichagof Island in Alaska (colloquially known as the ABC Islands), and a part of the Alexander Archipelago. Polar bear and ABC Islands bear are mammals of the Arctic.

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Age of Enlightenment

The Age of Enlightenment (also the Age of Reason and the Enlightenment) was the intellectual and philosophical movement that occurred in Europe in the 17th and the 18th centuries.

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Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears

The Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears is a multilateral treaty signed in Oslo, November 15, 1973, by the five nations with the largest polar bear populations: Canada, Denmark (Greenland), Norway (Svalbard), the United States, and the Soviet Union. Polar bear and Agreement on the Conservation of Polar Bears are polar bears.

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Alaska

Alaska is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America.

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Alaska Zoo

The Alaska Zoo is a zoo in Anchorage, Alaska, located on of the Anchorage Hillside.

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Aldebaran

Aldebaran (lit) is a star located in the zodiac constellation of Taurus.

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Algae

Algae (alga) are any of a large and diverse group of photosynthetic, eukaryotic organisms.

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Ambush predator

Ambush predators or sit-and-wait predators are carnivorous animals that capture their prey via stealth, luring or by (typically instinctive) strategies utilizing an element of surprise.

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American black bear

The American black bear (Ursus americanus), also known as the black bear, is a species of medium-sized bear endemic to North America. Polar bear and american black bear are Ursus (mammal).

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Amylase

An amylase is an enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of starch (Latin) into sugars.

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An Inconvenient Truth

An Inconvenient Truth is a 2006 American documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former United States Vice President Al Gore's campaign to educate people about global warming.

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Apex predator

An apex predator, also known as a top predator or superpredator, is a predator at the top of a food chain, without natural predators of its own.

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Aquiline nose

An aquiline nose (also called a Roman nose) is a human nose with a prominent bridge, giving it the appearance of being curved or slightly bent.

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Archipelago

An archipelago, sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands.

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Arctic

The Arctic is a polar region located at the northernmost part of Earth.

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Arctic Archipelago

The Arctic Archipelago, also known as the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, is an archipelago lying to the north of the Canadian continental mainland, excluding Greenland (an autonomous territory of Denmark) and Iceland (an independent country).

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Arctic fox

The Arctic fox (Vulpes lagopus), also known as the white fox, polar fox, or snow fox, is a small species of fox native to the Arctic regions of the Northern Hemisphere and common throughout the Arctic tundra biome. Polar bear and Arctic fox are Holarctic fauna and mammals of the Arctic.

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Arctic sea ice decline

Sea ice in the Arctic region has declined in recent decades in area and volume due to climate change.

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Augustus II the Strong

Augustus II the Strong (12 May 1670 – 1 February 1733), was Elector of Saxony from 1694 as well as King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1697 to 1706 and from 1709 until his death in 1733.

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Backscatter

In physics, backscatter (or backscattering) is the reflection of waves, particles, or signals back to the direction from which they came.

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Bacteria

Bacteria (bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell.

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Baffin Bay

Baffin Bay (Inuktitut: Saknirutiak Imanga; Avannaata Imaa; Baie de Baffin), located between Baffin Island and the west coast of Greenland, is defined by the International Hydrographic Organization as a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean.

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Barents Sea

The Barents Sea (also; Barentshavet,; Barentsevo More) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia and divided between Norwegian and Russian territorial waters.

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Barter Island

Barter Island is an island located on the Arctic coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, east of Arey Island in the Beaufort Sea.

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Bear

Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae.

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Bearded seal

The bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), also called the square flipper seal, is a medium-sized pinniped that is found in and near to the Arctic Ocean. Polar bear and bearded seal are Holarctic fauna.

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Beaufort Sea

The Beaufort Sea (Mer de Beaufort) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean, located north of the Northwest Territories, Yukon, and Alaska, and west of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.

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Beluga whale

The beluga whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is an Arctic and sub-Arctic cetacean. Polar bear and beluga whale are Holarctic fauna.

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Berlin Zoo

The Berlin Zoological Garden (Zoologischer Garten Berlin) is the oldest surviving and best-known zoo in Germany.

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Binky (polar bear)

Binky (1975 – July 20, 1995) was a captive male polar bear who lived at the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage.

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Bioaccumulation

Bioaccumulation is the gradual accumulation of substances, such as pesticides or other chemicals, in an organism.

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Björn Kurtén

Björn Olof Lennartson Kurtén (19 November 1924 – 28 December 1988) was a Finnish vertebrate paleontologist, belonging to the Swedish-speaking minority of his country.

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Blubber

Blubber is a thick layer of vascularized adipose tissue under the skin of all cetaceans, pinnipeds, penguins, and sirenians. Polar bear and Blubber are marine mammals.

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Brown bear

The brown bear (Ursus arctos) is a large bear native to Eurasia and North America. Polar bear and brown bear are Holarctic fauna, mammals of the Arctic, Pleistocene bears and Ursus (mammal).

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Camouflage

Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, or by disguising them as something else.

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Canine tooth

In mammalian oral anatomy, the canine teeth, also called cuspids, dogteeth, eye teeth, vampire teeth, or vampire fangs, are the relatively long, pointed teeth.

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Cannibalism

Cannibalism is the act of consuming another individual of the same species as food.

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Canter and gallop

The canter and gallop are variations on the fastest gait that can be performed by a horse or other equine.

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Carl Hagenbeck

Carl Hagenbeck (10 June 1844 – 14 April 1913) was a German merchant of wild animals who supplied many European zoos, as well as P. T. Barnum.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.

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Carnivore

A carnivore, or meat-eater (Latin, caro, genitive carnis, meaning meat or "flesh" and vorare meaning "to devour"), is an animal or plant whose food and energy requirements are met by the consumption of animal tissues (mainly muscle, fat and other soft tissues) whether through hunting or scavenging.

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Carta marina

(Latin for Marine map and description of the Northern lands; commonly abbreviated) is the first map of the Nordic countries to give details and place names, created by Swedish ecclesiastic Olaus Magnus and initially published in 1539.

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Catherine I of Russia

Catherine I Alekseevna Mikhailova (Ekaterína I Alekséyevna Mikháylova; born Marta Samuilovna Skavronskaya;,; –) was the second wife and Empress consort of Peter the Great, whom she succeeded as Empress of Russia, ruling from 1725 until her death in 1727.

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Central Park Zoo

The Central Park Zoo is a zoo located at the southeast corner of Central Park in New York City.

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Cetacea

Cetacea is an infraorder of aquatic mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla that includes whales, dolphins and porpoises.

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Charismatic megafauna

Charismatic megafauna are animal species that are large—in the relevant category that they represent—with symbolic value or widespread popular appeal, and are often used by environmental activists to gain public support for environmentalist goals.

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Cheek teeth

Cheek teeth or postcanines comprise the molar and premolar teeth in mammals.

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Children's literature

Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children.

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Chukchi Sea

The Chukchi Sea (Chukótskoye móre), sometimes referred to as the Chuuk Sea, Chukotsk Sea or the Sea of Chukotsk, is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean.

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Churchill, Manitoba

Churchill is an Arctic port town in northern Manitoba, Canada, on the west shore of Hudson Bay, roughly from the Manitoba–Nunavut border.

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Circadian rhythm

A circadian rhythm, or circadian cycle, is a natural oscillation that repeats roughly every 24 hours.

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Circulatory system

The circulatory system is a system of organs that includes the heart, blood vessels, and blood which is circulated throughout the entire body of a human or other vertebrate.

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Circumpolar peoples

Circumpolar peoples and Arctic peoples are umbrella terms for the various indigenous peoples of the Arctic region.

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Circus

A circus is a company of performers who put on diverse entertainment shows that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, dancers, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians, ventriloquists, and unicyclists as well as other object manipulation and stunt-oriented artists.

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Circus Krone

Circus Krone, based in Munich, is one of the largest circuses in Europe and one of the few in Western Europe (along with Cirque d'hiver de Paris, Cirque d'hiver d'Amiens and Cirque Royal in Brussels) to also occupy a building.

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CITES

CITES (shorter name for the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, also known as the Washington Convention) is a multilateral treaty to protect endangered plants and animals from the threats of international trade.

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Climate change

In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.

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Coat of arms of Greenland

The coat of arms of Greenland is a blue shield charged with an upright polar bear.

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Coca-Cola polar bears

The Coca-Cola polar bears are fictional polar bears used as the mascots for the Coca-Cola Company.

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Cochrane, Ontario

Cochrane is a town in northeastern Ontario, Canada.

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Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada

The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC, French: Comité sur la situation des espèces en péril au Canada, COSEPAC) is an independent committee of wildlife experts and scientists whose "raison d'être is to identify species at risk" in Canada.

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Cone cell

Cone cells or cones are photoreceptor cells in the retinas of vertebrates' eyes.

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Consciousness raising

Consciousness raising (also called awareness raising) is a form of activism popularized by United States feminists in the late 1960s.

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Constantine Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave

Constantine John Phipps, 2nd Baron Mulgrave (30 May 1744 – 10 October 1792) was an English explorer and officer in the Royal Navy.

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Continental shelf

A continental shelf is a portion of a continent that is submerged under an area of relatively shallow water, known as a shelf sea.

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Copy number variation

Copy number variation (CNV) is a phenomenon in which sections of the genome are repeated and the number of repeats in the genome varies between individuals.

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Davis Strait

The Davis Strait is a southern arm of the Arctic Ocean that lies north of the Labrador Sea.

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Detroit Zoo

The Detroit Zoo is a zoo located in the cities of Huntington Woods and Royal Oak in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Diastema

A diastema (diastemata, from Greek διάστημα, 'space') is a space or gap between two teeth.

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Dichromacy

Dichromacy (from Greek di, meaning "two" and chromo, meaning "color") is the state of having two types of functioning photoreceptors, called cone cells, in the eyes.

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Diurnality

Diurnality is a form of plant and animal behavior characterized by activity during daytime, with a period of sleeping or other inactivity at night.

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Dominance hierarchy

In the zoological field of ethology, a dominance hierarchy (formerly and colloquially called a pecking order) is a type of social hierarchy that arises when members of animal social groups interact, creating a ranking system.

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Dorset culture

The Dorset was a Paleo-Eskimo culture, lasting from to between and, that followed the Pre-Dorset and preceded the Thule people (proto-Inuit) in the North American Arctic.

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East of the Sun and West of the Moon

"East of the Sun and West of the Moon" (Østenfor sol og vestenfor måne) is a Norwegian fairy-tale.

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East Siberian Sea

The East Siberian Sea (r; Илин Сибиирдээҕи байҕал, İlin Sibiirdeeği bayğal) is a marginal sea in the Arctic Ocean.

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Ecological pyramid

An ecological pyramid (also trophic pyramid, Eltonian pyramid, energy pyramid, or sometimes food pyramid) is a graphical representation designed to show the biomass or bioproductivity at each trophic level in an ecosystem.

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Edwin Landseer

Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (7 March 1802 – 1 October 1873) was an English painter and sculptor, well known for his paintings of animals – particularly horses, dogs, and stags.

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Embryonic diapause

Embryonic diapause (delayed implantation in mammals) is a reproductive strategy used by a number of animal species across different biological classes.

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Endangered Species Act of 1973

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA or "The Act"; 16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.) is the primary law in the United States for protecting and conserving imperiled species.

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Estrous cycle

The estrous cycle (originally) is a set of recurring physiological changes induced by reproductive hormones in females of mammalian subclass Theria.

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Exeter Exchange

The Exeter Exchange (signed and popularly known as Exeter Change) was a building on the north side of the Strand in London, with an arcade extending partway across the carriageway.

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Fasting

Fasting is abstention from eating and sometimes drinking.

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Fitness (biology)

Fitness (often denoted w or ω in population genetics models) is a quantitative representation of individual reproductive success.

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Fluoxetine

Fluoxetine, sold under the brand name Prozac, among others, is an antidepressant of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) class.

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Forward scatter

Forward scattering is the deflection of waves by small angles so that they continue to move in close to the same direction as before the scattering.

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Foxe Basin

Foxe Basin is a shallow oceanic basin north of Hudson Bay, in Nunavut, Canada, located between Baffin Island and the Melville Peninsula.

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François-Auguste Biard

François-Auguste Biard, born François Thérèse Biard (29 June 1799 – 20 June 1882) was a French painter, known for his adventurous travels and the works depicting his experiences.

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Frank C. Bostock

Francis Charles Bostock (1866–1912) was an English entrepreneur and animal trainer, who represented the touring section of the Bostock and Wombwell Menagerie.

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Franz Josef Land

Franz Josef Land (Zemlya Frantsa-Iosifa) is a Russian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.

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Frederick I of Prussia

Frederick I (Friedrich I.; 11 July 1657 – 25 February 1713), of the Hohenzollern dynasty, was (as Frederick III) Elector of Brandenburg (1688–1713) and Duke of Prussia in personal union (Brandenburg-Prussia).

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Frostbite

Frostbite is a skin injury that occurs when someone is exposed to extremely low temperatures, causing the freezing of the skin or other tissues, commonly affecting the fingers, toes, nose, ears, cheeks and chin areas.

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Fur

Fur is a thick growth of hair that covers the skin of almost all mammals.

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Gene cluster

A gene family is a set of homologous genes within one organism.

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Gene flow

In population genetics, gene flow (also known as migration and allele flow) is the transfer of genetic material from one population to another.

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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (7 September 1707 – 16 April 1788) was a French naturalist, mathematician, and cosmologist.

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Gestation

Gestation is the period of development during the carrying of an embryo, and later fetus, inside viviparous animals (the embryo develops within the parent).

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Glacial period

A glacial period (alternatively glacial or glaciation) is an interval of time (thousands of years) within an ice age that is marked by colder temperatures and glacier advances.

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Greenland

Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat,; Grønland) is a North American island autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.

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Greenpeace

Greenpeace is an independent global campaigning network, founded in Canada in 1971 by a group of environmental activists.

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Grizzly bear

The grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a population or subspecies of the brown bear inhabiting North America. Polar bear and grizzly bear are carnivorans of North America, ESA threatened species and mammals of the Arctic.

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Grizzly–polar bear hybrid

A grizzly-polar-bear-hybrid (also named grolar bear, pizzly bear, zebra bear, grizzlar, or nanulak) is a rare ursid hybrid that has occurred both in captivity and in the wild. Polar bear and Grizzly–polar bear hybrid are polar bears.

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Growling

Growling is a low, guttural vocalization produced by animals as an aggressive warning but can also be found in other contexts such as playful behaviors or mating.

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Guard hair

Guard hair or overhair is the outer layer of hair of most mammals, which overlay the fur.

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Gulf of Boothia

The Gulf of Boothia is a body of water in Nunavut, Canada.

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Gus (bear)

Gus (1985–August 27, 2013) was a polar bear and icon of the Central Park Zoo in New York City.

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Habitat destruction

Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species.

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Harbor seal

The harbor (or harbour) seal (Phoca vitulina), also known as the common seal, is a true seal found along temperate and Arctic marine coastlines of the Northern Hemisphere. Polar bear and harbor seal are Holarctic fauna.

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Harp seal

The harp seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), also known as Saddleback Seal or Greenland Seal, is a species of earless seal, or true seal, native to the northernmost Atlantic Ocean and Arctic Ocean.

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Hauksbók

Hauksbók ('Book of Haukr') is a 14th century Icelandic manuscript created by Haukr Erlendsson.

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Hauling-out

Hauling out is a behaviour associated with pinnipeds (true seals, sea lions, fur seals and walruses) temporarily leaving the water.

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Hellabrunn Zoo

Hellabrunn Zoo (Tierpark Hellabrunn) is a 40 hectare (99 acre) zoological garden in the Bavarian capital of Munich.

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Henry Ellis (governor)

Henry Ellis (August 29, 1721 – January 21, 1806) was an Irish explorer, author and slave trader who served as the governor of the colonies of Georgia and Nova Scotia.

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Henry III of England

Henry III (1 October 1207 – 16 November 1272), also known as Henry of Winchester, was King of England, Lord of Ireland, and Duke of Aquitaine from 1216 until his death in 1272.

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Hibernation

Hibernation is a state of minimal activity and metabolic depression undergone by some animal species.

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Hippodrome, London

The Hippodrome is a building on the corner of Cranbourn Street and Charing Cross Road in the City of Westminster, London.

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His Dark Materials

His Dark Materials is a trilogy of fantasy novels by Philip Pullman consisting of Northern Lights (1995; published as The Golden Compass in North America), The Subtle Knife (1997), and The Amber Spyglass (2000).

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Histoire Naturelle

The Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi (italic) is an encyclopaedic collection of 36 large (quarto) volumes written between 1749–1804, initially by the Comte de Buffon, and continued in eight more volumes after his death by his colleagues, led by Bernard Germain de Lacépède.

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Hoarding (animal behavior)

Hoarding or caching in animal behavior is the storage of food in locations hidden from the sight of both conspecifics (animals of the same or closely related species) and members of other species.

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Hooded seal

The hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) is a large phocid found only in the central and western North Atlantic, ranging from Svalbard in the east to the Gulf of St. Lawrence in the west.

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Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson

Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, 1st Duke of Bronte (– 21 October 1805) was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy.

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Hudson Bay

Hudson Bay, sometimes called Hudson's Bay (usually historically), is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada with a surface area of.

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Hudson's Bay Company

The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie d'Hudson) is an American and Canadian-based retail business group.

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Hyades (star cluster)

The Hyades (Greek Ὑάδες, also known as Caldwell 41, Collinder 50, or Melotte 25) is the nearest open cluster and one of the best-studied star clusters.

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Hybrid (biology)

In biology, a hybrid is the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different varieties, subspecies, species or genera through sexual reproduction.

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Hypercarnivore

A hypercarnivore is an animal which has a diet that is more than 70% meat, either via active predation or by scavenging.

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Ice seal

Ice seal, or (in the Southern Hemisphere) pack-ice seal is a general term applied to any one of a number of pinniped species of the family Phocidae whose life cycle is completed largely on or about the sea ice of the Earth's polar regions.

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Igloo (1932 film)

Igloo is a 1932 American pre-Code documentary film released by Universal Studios.

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Incisor

Incisors (from Latin incidere, "to cut") are the front teeth present in most mammals.

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Induced ovulation (animals)

Induced ovulation occurs in some animal species that do not ovulate cyclically or spontaneously.

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Infanticide (zoology)

In animals, infanticide involves the intentional killing of young offspring by a mature animal of the same species.

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International Polar Bear Day

International Polar Bear Day is an annual event celebrated every February 27, to coincide with the time period when polar bear mothers and cubs are sleeping in their dens, and to raise awareness about the conservation status of the polar bear.

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International Union for Conservation of Nature

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natural resources.

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Inuit

Inuit (ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, ᐃᓄᒃ, dual: Inuuk, ᐃᓅᒃ; Iñupiaq: Iñuit 'the people'; Greenlandic: Inuit) are a group of culturally and historically similar Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of North America, including Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Yukon (traditionally), Alaska, and Chukotsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.

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Inuit astronomy

Inuit astronomy is centered around the Qilak, the Inuit name for the celestial sphere and the home for souls of departed people.

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Inuit culture

The Inuit are an indigenous people of the Arctic and subarctic regions of North America (parts of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland).

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Inuit religion

Inuit religion is the shared spiritual beliefs and practices of the Inuit, an indigenous people from Alaska, northern Canada, parts of Siberia, and Greenland.

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IUCN Red List

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, also known as the IUCN Red List or Red Data Book, founded in 1964, is an inventory of the global conservation status and extinction risk of biological species.

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Ivory carving

Ivory carving is the carving of ivory, that is to say animal tooth or tusk, generally by using sharp cutting tools, either mechanically or manually.

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Jack Benny

Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky; February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American entertainer who evolved from a modest success playing the violin on the vaudeville circuit to one of the leading entertainers of the twentieth century with a highly popular comedic career in radio, television, and film.

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James Bay

James Bay (Baie James; dirty water) is a large body of water located on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada.

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James VI and I

James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.

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Jonas Poole

Jonas Poole (bap. 1566 – 1612) was an early 17th-century English explorer and sealer, and was significant in the history of whaling.

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Kaktovik, Alaska

Kaktovik (Qaaktuġvik) is a city in North Slope Borough, Alaska, United States.

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Kalaallit

Kalaallit are a Greenlandic Inuit ethnic group, being the largest group in Greenland, concentrated in the west.

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Kane Basin

Kane Basin (Kane Bassin; Bassin (de) Kane) is an Arctic waterway lying between Greenland and Canada's northernmost island, Ellesmere Island.

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Kara Sea

The Kara Sea is a marginal sea, separated from the Barents Sea to the west by the Kara Strait and Novaya Zemlya, and from the Laptev Sea to the east by the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago.

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Keratin

Keratin is one of a family of structural fibrous proteins also known as scleroproteins.

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Knut (polar bear)

Knut (5 December 2006 – 19 March 2011) was an orphaned polar bear born in captivity at the Berlin Zoological Garden.

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Kodiak bear

The Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi), also known as the Kodiak brown bear, sometimes the Alaskan brown bear, inhabits the islands of the Kodiak Archipelago in southwest Alaska. Polar bear and Kodiak bear are carnivorans of North America.

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Konungs skuggsjá

Konungs skuggsjá (Old Norse for "King's mirror"; Speculum regale, modern Kongsspegelen (Nynorsk) or Kongespeilet (Bokmål)) is a Norwegian didactic text in Old Norse from around 1250, an example of speculum literature that deals with politics and morality.

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Kotzebue Sound

Kotzebue Sound is an arm of the Chukchi Sea in the western region of the U.S. state of Alaska.

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Lactation

Lactation describes the secretion of milk from the mammary glands and the period of time that a mother lactates to feed her young.

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Lancaster Sound

Lancaster Sound is a body of water in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada.

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Laptev Sea

The Laptev Sea (r; translit) is a marginal sea of the Arctic Ocean.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Lead (sea ice)

A lead (rhymes with "reed") is a large fracture within an expanse of sea ice, defining a linear area of open water that can be used for navigation purposes.

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List of individual bears

The following is a list of individual bears which garnered national or worldwide attention.

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M'Clintock Channel

M'Clintock Channel (also spelled McClintock Channel) is located in the territory of Nunavut, Canada.

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Man Proposes, God Disposes

Man Proposes, God Disposes is an 1864 oil-on-canvas painting by the English artist Edwin Landseer.

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Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson; June 1, 1926 August 4, 1962) was an American actress and model.

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Marine ecosystem

Marine ecosystems are the largest of Earth's aquatic ecosystems and exist in waters that have a high salt content.

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Marine invertebrates

Marine invertebrates are the invertebrates that live in marine habitats.

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Marine mammal

Marine mammals are mammals that rely on marine (saltwater) ecosystems for their existence. Polar bear and marine mammal are marine mammals.

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Marionette

A marionette (marionnette) is a puppet controlled from above using wires or strings depending on regional variations.

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Maternity den

In the animal kingdom, a maternity den is a lair where a mother gives birth and nurtures her young when they are in a vulnerable life stage.

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Matrilineality

Matrilineality is the tracing of kinship through the female line.

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Mel Blanc

Melvin Jerome Blanc (born Blank; May 30, 1908 – July 10, 1989) was an American voice actor and radio personality whose career spanned over 60 years.

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Menagerie

A menagerie is a collection of captive animals, frequently exotic, kept for display; or the place where such a collection is kept, a precursor to the modern zoo or zoological garden.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Midnight sun

Midnight sun, also known as polar day, is a natural phenomenon that occurs in the summer months in places north of the Arctic Circle or south of the Antarctic Circle, when the Sun remains visible at the local midnight.

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Mitochondrial DNA

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA and mDNA) is the DNA located in the mitochondria organelles in a eukaryotic cell that converts chemical energy from food into adenosine triphosphate (ATP).

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Molar (tooth)

The molars or molar teeth are large, flat teeth at the back of the mouth.

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Monogamy

Monogamy is a relationship of two individuals in which they form an exclusive intimate partnership.

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Monotypic taxon

In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon.

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Moulting

In biology, moulting (British English), or molting (American English), also known as sloughing, shedding, or in many invertebrates, ecdysis, is a process by which an animal casts off parts of its body to serve some beneficial purpose, either at specific times of the year, or at specific points in its life cycle.

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Narwhal

The narwhal (Monodon monoceros) is a species of toothed whale native to the Arctic. Polar bear and narwhal are Holarctic fauna.

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Nasal concha

In anatomy, a nasal concha (conchae;; Latin for 'shell'), also called a nasal turbinate or turbinal, is a long, narrow, curled shelf of bone that protrudes into the breathing passage of the nose in humans and various other animals.

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National Geographic

National Geographic (formerly The National Geographic Magazine, sometimes branded as NAT GEO) is an American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners.

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Nematode

The nematodes (or; Νηματώδη; Nematoda), roundworms or eelworms constitute the phylum Nematoda.

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Netsilik

The Netsilik (Netsilingmiut) are Inuit who live predominantly in Kugaaruk and Gjoa Haven, and somewhat in Taloyoak of the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut, and, to a smaller extent in the north Qikiqtaaluk Region, in Canada.

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Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region.

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Nihon Shoki

The, sometimes translated as The Chronicles of Japan, is the second-oldest book of classical Japanese history.

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Nissan

is a Japanese multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.

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Nordic folklore

Nordic folklore is the folklore of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and the Faroe Islands.

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Norsemen

The Norsemen (or Norse people) were a North Germanic linguistic group of the Early Middle Ages, during which they spoke the Old Norse language.

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North Pole

The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole, Terrestrial North Pole or 90th Parallel North, is the point in the Northern Hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface.

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Norwegian Bay

Norwegian Bay (Baie Norvégienne) is an Arctic Ocean waterway in the Qikiqtaaluk Region of Nunavut, Canada.

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Novaya Zemlya

Novaya Zemlya (also,; Но́вая Земля́) is an archipelago in northern Russia.

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Nuliajuk

Nuliajuk is a goddess of the Netsilik Inuit.

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Oil spill

An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution.

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Olfactory receptor

Olfactory receptors (ORs), also known as odorant receptors, are chemoreceptors expressed in the cell membranes of olfactory receptor neurons and are responsible for the detection of odorants (for example, compounds that have an odor) which give rise to the sense of smell.

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Olfactory system

The olfactory system or sense of smell is the sensory system used for smelling (olfaction).

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Orion's Belt

Orion's Belt is an asterism in the constellation of Orion.

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Pagophily

Pagophily or pagophilia is the preference or dependence on water ice for some or all activities and functions.

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Panorama

A panorama (formed from Greek πᾶν "all" + ὅραμα "view") is any wide-angle view or representation of a physical space, whether in painting, drawing, photography, film, seismic images, or 3D modeling.

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Parasitism

Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.

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Pegtymel

The Pegtymel (Пегтымель) is a river in Far East Siberia, Russia.

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Permafrost

Permafrost is soil or underwater sediment which continuously remains below for two years or more: the oldest permafrost had been continuously frozen for around 700,000 years.

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Persistent organic pollutant

Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are organic compounds that are resistant to degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes.

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Pesticide

Pesticides are substances that are used to control pests.

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Peter Simon Pallas

Peter Simon Pallas FRS FRSE (22 September 1741 – 8 September 1811) was a Prussian zoologist, botanist, ethnographer, explorer, geographer, geologist, natural historian, and taxonomist.

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Petroglyph

A petroglyph is an image created by removing part of a rock surface by incising, picking, carving, or abrading, as a form of rock art.

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Philadelphia Zoo

The Philadelphia Zoo, located in the Centennial District of Philadelphia on the west bank of the Schuylkill River, is the first true zoo in the United States.

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Philip Pullman

Sir Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman (born 19 October 1946) is an English writer.

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Photokeratitis

Photokeratitis or ultraviolet keratitis is a painful eye condition caused by exposure of insufficiently protected eyes to the ultraviolet (UV) rays from either natural (e.g. intense direct or reflected sunlight) or artificial (e.g. the electric arc during welding) sources.

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Pinniped

Pinnipeds (pronounced), commonly known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic, mostly marine mammals.

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Pleiades

The Pleiades, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, reflects an observed pattern formed by those stars, in an asterism of an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars in the northwest of the constellation Taurus.

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Pleistocene

The Pleistocene (often referred to colloquially as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch that lasted from to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations.

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Polar bear jail

The polar bear jail (officially known as the Polar Bear Holding Facility) is a special building in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada where polar bears that are considered troublesome or dangerous are isolated until they can be relocated.

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Polar Bear Shores

Polar Bear Shores is a polar bear exhibit at the Sea World theme park on the Gold Coast, Australia. Polar bear and polar Bear Shores are polar bears.

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Polar Bears International

Polar Bears International (PBI) is a non-profit polar bear conservation organization.

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Polar night

Polar night is a phenomenon in the northernmost and southernmost regions of Earth where night lasts for more than 24 hours.

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Polychlorinated biphenyl

Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are highly carcinogenic chemical compounds, formerly used in industrial and consumer products, whose production was banned in the United States by the Toxic Substances Control Act in 1976 and internationally by the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in 2001.

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Polygyny in animals

Polygyny (from Neo-Greek) is a mating system in which one male lives and mates with multiple females but each female only mates with a few males.

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Polynya

A polynya is an area of open water surrounded by sea ice.

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Precociality and altriciality

Precocial species in birds and mammals are those in which the young are relatively mature and mobile from the moment of birth or hatching.

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Premolar

The premolars, also called premolar teeth, or bicuspids, are transitional teeth located between the canine and molar teeth.

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Pressure ridge (ice)

A pressure ridge, when consisting of ice in an oceanic or coastal environment, is a linear pile-up of sea ice fragments formed in pack ice by accumulation in the convergence between floes.

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Pribilof Islands

The Pribilof Islands (formerly the Northern Fur Seal Islands; Amiq, Ostrova Pribylova) are a group of four volcanic islands off the coast of mainland Alaska, in the Bering Sea, about north of Unalaska and 200 miles (320 km) southwest of Cape Newenham.

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Prins Karls Forland

Prins Karls Forland or Forlandet, occasionally anglicized as Prince Charles Foreland, is an island off the west coast of Oscar II Land on Spitsbergen in the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, Norway.

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Productivity (ecology)

In ecology, the term productivity refers to the rate of generation of biomass in an ecosystem, usually expressed in units of mass per volume (unit surface) per unit of time, such as grams per square metre per day (g m−2 d−1).

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Prusten

Prusten is a form of communicative behaviour exhibited by some members of the family Felidae.

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Quebec

QuebecAccording to the Canadian government, Québec (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and Quebec (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.

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Queen Elizabeth Islands

The Queen Elizabeth Islands (Îles de la Reine-Élisabeth) are the northernmost cluster of islands in Canada's Arctic Archipelago, split between Nunavut and the Northwest Territories in Northern Canada.

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Reindeer

The reindeer or caribou (Rangifer tarandus) is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, subarctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of Northern Europe, Siberia, and North America. Polar bear and reindeer are Holarctic fauna and mammals of the Arctic.

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Reniculate kidney

The reniculate kidney is a multilobed kidney found in marine and aquatic mammals such as pinnipeds (seals, sea lions and walruses) and cetaceans (dolphins and whales) but absent in terrestrial mammals except bears.

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Ribbon seal

The ribbon seal (Histriophoca fasciata) is a medium-sized pinniped from the true seal family (Phocidae). Polar bear and ribbon seal are Holarctic fauna.

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Ringed seal

The ringed seal (Pusa hispida) is an earless seal inhabiting the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions. Polar bear and ringed seal are Holarctic fauna.

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Rite of passage

A rite of passage is a ceremony or ritual of the passage which occurs when an individual leaves one group to enter another.

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Roar (vocalization)

A roar is a type of animal vocalization that is loud, deep and resonating.

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Rock art

In archaeology, rock arts are human-made markings placed on natural surfaces, typically vertical stone surfaces.

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Rod cell

Rod cells are photoreceptor cells in the retina of the eye that can function in lower light better than the other type of visual photoreceptor, cone cells.

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Russian Far East

The Russian Far East (p) is a region in North Asia.

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Scandinavian literature

Scandinavian literature or Nordic literature is the literature in the languages of the Nordic countries of Northern Europe.

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Sea ice

Sea ice arises as seawater freezes.

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Sea World (Australia)

Sea World is a marine mammal park, oceanarium, and theme park located on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.

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Seaweed

Seaweed, or macroalgae, refers to thousands of species of macroscopic, multicellular, marine algae.

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Sexual dimorphism

Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristics, particularly characteristics not directly involved in reproduction.

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Sexual selection

Sexual selection is a mode of natural selection in which members of one biological sex choose mates of the other sex to mate with (intersexual selection), and compete with members of the same sex for access to members of the opposite sex (intrasexual selection).

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Shamanism

Shamanism or samanism is a religious practice that involves a practitioner (shaman or saman) interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance.

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Siberia

Siberia (Sibir') is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east.

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Sister group

In phylogenetics, a sister group or sister taxon, also called an adelphotaxon, comprises the closest relative(s) of another given unit in an evolutionary tree.

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Southeast Alaska

Southeast Alaska, often abbreviated to southeast or southeastern, and sometimes called the Alaska(n) panhandle, is the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Alaska, bordered to the east and north by the northern half of the Canadian province of British Columbia (and a small part of Yukon).

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Speciation

Speciation is the evolutionary process by which populations evolve to become distinct species.

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Spirit bear

The spirit bear, sometimes called the kermode bear (Ursus americanus kermodei), is a subspecies of the American black bear and lives in the Central and North Coast regions of British Columbia, Canada.

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Spotted seal

The spotted seal (Phoca largha), also known as the larga seal or largha seal, is a member of the family Phocidae, and is considered a "true seal". Polar bear and spotted seal are ESA threatened species and Holarctic fauna.

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St. Matthew Island

St.

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Starch

Starch or amylum is a polymeric carbohydrate consisting of numerous glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds.

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Stereotypy (non-human)

In animal behaviour, stereotypy, stereotypic or stereotyped behaviour has several meanings, leading to ambiguity in the scientific literature.

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Striated muscle tissue

Striated muscle tissue is a muscle tissue that features repeating functional units called sarcomeres.

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Subspecies

In biological classification, subspecies (subspecies) is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed.

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Svalbard

Svalbard, previously known as Spitsbergen or Spitzbergen, is a Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.

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Systema Naturae

(originally in Latin written with the ligature æ) is one of the major works of the Swedish botanist, zoologist and physician Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) and introduced the Linnaean taxonomy.

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Teddy bear

A teddy bear is a stuffed toy in the form of a bear.

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The Big Show (1961 film)

The Big Show is a 1961 DeLuxe Color and CinemaScope drama film directed by James B. Clark, starring Esther Williams and Cliff Robertson.

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The Jack Benny Program

The Jack Benny Program, starring Jack Benny, is a radio and television comedy series.

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The Little Polar Bear

The Little Polar Bear (in Lars de kleine ijsbeer) is a franchise about a polar bear cub named Lars who first starred in a number of books written by Dutch author, Hans de Beer.

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The Tale of Auðun of the West Fjords

Auðunar þáttr vestfirska (Old Norse:; Modern Auðunar þáttur vestfirska; The Tale of Auðun of the West Fjords) is a short tale (or þáttr) preserved in three distinct versions as part of the saga of Harald III of Norway (reigned 1047–66, a.k.a. Haraldr inn harðráði Sigurðsson), as the saga is told in the manuscripts Morkinskinna, Flateyjarbók, and several others.

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The White Dawn

The White Dawn is a 1974 Canadian-American drama film directed by Philip Kaufman and starring Warren Oates, Timothy Bottoms, and Louis Gossett Jr. It portrays the conflict between aboriginal peoples' traditional way of life and Europeans' eagerness to take advantage of them.

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Thomas Pennant

Thomas Pennant (16 December 1798) was a Welsh naturalist, traveller, writer and antiquarian.

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Tierpark Hagenbeck

The Tierpark Hagenbeck is a zoo in Stellingen, Hamburg, Germany.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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Torngarsuk

In the Inuit religion, Torngarsuk (or Torngasak) is a sea, death and underworld god, one of the more important deities in the Inuit pantheon.

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Tower of London

The Tower of London, officially His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London, is a historic castle on the north bank of the River Thames in central London, England.

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Transcortin

Transcortin, also known as corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG) or serpin A6, is a protein produced in the liver in animals.

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Trichinella

Trichinella is the genus of parasitic roundworms of the phylum Nematoda that cause trichinosis (also known as trichinellosis).

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Trot

The trot is a two-beat diagonal horse gait where the diagonal pairs of legs move forward at the same time with a moment of suspension between each beat.

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Tutelary deity

A tutelary (also tutelar) is a deity or a spirit who is a guardian, patron, or protector of a particular place, geographic feature, person, lineage, nation, culture, or occupation.

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Ultraviolet

Ultraviolet (UV) light is electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths of 10–400 nanometers, shorter than that of visible light, but longer than X-rays.

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Underworld

The underworld, also known as the netherworld or hell, is the supernatural world of the dead in various religious traditions and myths, located below the world of the living.

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Unicorn

The unicorn is a legendary creature that has been described since antiquity as a beast with a single large, pointed, spiraling horn projecting from its forehead.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Ursinae

Ursinae is a subfamily of Ursidae (bears) named by Swainson (1835).

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Ursus maritimus tyrannus

Ursus maritimus tyrannus is a controversial extinct subspecies of polar bear. Polar bear and Ursus maritimus tyrannus are Pleistocene bears and polar bears.

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Viscount Melville Sound

Viscount Melville Sound, formerly Melville Sound, is an arm of the Arctic Ocean in the Kitikmeot Region, Nunavut and the Inuvik Region, Northwest Territories, Canada.

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Vitamin A

Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin, hence an essential nutrient.

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Vulnerable species

A vulnerable species is a species which has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as being threatened with extinction unless the circumstances that are threatening its survival and reproduction improve.

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Walrus

The walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) is a large pinniped marine mammal with discontinuous distribution about the North Pole in the Arctic Ocean and subarctic seas of the Northern Hemisphere. Polar bear and walrus are Holarctic fauna and marine mammals.

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Water bird

A water bird, alternatively waterbird or aquatic bird, is a bird that lives on or around water.

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White-Bear-King-Valemon

White-Bear-King-Valemon (Kvitebjørn kong Valemon) is a Norwegian fairy-tale.

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Wolf

The wolf (Canis lupus;: wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. Polar bear and wolf are Holarctic fauna.

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World Wide Fund for Nature

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is a Swiss-based international non-governmental organization founded in 1961 that works in the field of wilderness preservation and the reduction of human impact on the environment.

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Zhokhov Island

Zhokhov Island (r; translit) is an island in the East Siberian Sea, situated 128 km north east of Novaya Sibir Island, the easternmost of the New Siberian Islands.

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Zoo

A zoo (short for zoological garden; also called an animal park or menagerie) is a facility in which animals are kept within enclosures for public exhibition and often bred for conservation purposes.

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10th edition of Systema Naturae

The 10th edition of Systema Naturae (Latin; the English title is A General System of Nature) is a book written by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature.

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1773 Phipps expedition towards the North Pole

The 1773 Phipps expedition towards the North Pole was a British Royal Navy expedition suggested by the Royal Society and especially its vice president Daines Barrington, who believed in an ice-free Open Polar Sea.

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2011 Svalbard polar bear attack

The 2011 Svalbard polar bear attack was an attack by a presumed starving polar bear on a group of university students and their guides. Polar bear and 2011 Svalbard polar bear attack are polar bears.

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2019 mass invasion of Russian polar bears

In February 2019, the Russian archipelago of Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic Ocean experienced a mass invasion of polar bears. Polar bear and 2019 mass invasion of Russian polar bears are polar bears.

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See also

Carnivorans of Asia

Carnivorans of Europe

Holarctic fauna

Mammals described in 1774

Mammals of the Arctic

Marine mammals

Pleistocene bears

Polar bears

Species endangered by climate change

Ursus (mammal)

Vulnerable biota of Asia

Vulnerable biota of Europe

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_bear

Also known as Arctic bear, Breeding behavior of polar bears, Cultural depictions of polar bears, Effects of climate change on polar bears, Effects of global warming on polar bears, Effects of marine pollution on polar bears, Effects of pollution on polar bears, Hunting behavior of polar bears, Hunting of polar bears, Ice Bear, Icebear, Northern bear, Northern bears, Polar Bear Cub, Polar bear habitat, Polar bear meat, Polar bear population, Polar bear populations, Polar bears, Polar bera, Polar-bear, Polarbear, Sexual behavior of polar bears, Snow bear, Thalarctos, Thalarctos maritimus, U. maritimus, Ursus eogroenlandicus, Ursus groenlandicus, Ursus jenaensis, Ursus labradorensis, Ursus marinus, Ursus maritimus, Ursus maritimus maritimus, Ursus polaris, Ursus spitzbergensis, Ursus ungavensis, .

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