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Tracking the elusive Polar bear
Aerial fieldwork with Steve Amstrup documents polar bear monitoring in the Beaufort Sea. He tranquilizes a mother and her cubs, collects samples, and tags them while researchers compile baseline population data amid Arctic access challenges and high costs. The effort aims to gauge threats from human activity and climate change.
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Amstrup
Arctic
Alaska
Canada
Russia
Bruce Batten
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Steve Amstrup
Beaufort Sea