
Cottle Island, a barrier island, looking east, August 2009.
Photo Credit: Craig Perham/USFWS |

Polar bear excavation site, Cottle Island, August 2009.
Photo Credit: Craig Perham/USFWS |

Polar bear family group resting on a barrier island during the fall open water period, 2007
Photo Credit: Susanne Miller/USFWS |

Barrier island along Arctic NWR
Photo Credit: A.S. Thayer/USFWS
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Polar bear travel corridor along Beaufort Sea coastal bluffs, 2007 Photo Credit: Susanne Miller/USFWS |

Hunting the ice edge for polar bears near Cape Lisburne. Spring 2008 Chukchi Sea capture effort.
Photo Credit: Craig Perham/USFWS |

Male polar bear tracks, Chukchi Sea, March 2008.
Photo Credit: Craig Perham/USFWS |
Male polar bear tracks, Cape Lisburne in the distance, Chukchi Sea, 2008. Photo Credit: Craig Perham/USFWS
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Spring ice habitat off shore from the Arctic NWR, 2008
Photo Credit: Susanne Miller/USFWS
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Seals resting near a frozen lead, Beaufort Sea, 2008
Photo Credit: Susanne Miller/USFWS
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Seals resting near a frozen lead, Beaufort Sea, 2008
Photo Credit: Susanne Miller/USFWS
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Tracking bears over off shore ice habitat in the Chukchi Sea, spring 2008
Photo Credit: Susanne Miller/USFWS
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Investigating an abandoned maternal polar bear den, Pingok Island, March 2005.
Photo Credit: Craig Perham/USFWS
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Bear den entrance, North Slope, Alaska
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Abandoned bear den, Colville River
Photo Credit: Craig Perham/USFWS |

Excavation site, sea ice, North Slope, Alaska.
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Interior of a polar bear den, Pingok Island, March 2005.
Photo Credit: Craig Perham/USFWS |
 Investigating an abandoned polar bear excavation site, Chukchi Sea, March 2008.
Photo Credit: Craig Perham/USFWS
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