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A polar bear stands on a block of ice in blue waters.

Arctic Scene

A young polar bear investigates a piece of ice in the Chukchi Sea in the vicinity of the Coast Guard cutter Healy, Sept. 13, 2016. The Healy was underway with a team of researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the Office of Naval Research who were collecting data on the effects of climate change and decreased ice coverage on the Arctic Ocean.

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