Image of the Arctic from NASA, Downloaded 2-7-08 from http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/images/content/134724main_seaice_min_2005_lg.jpg

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Image of the Arctic from NASA, Downloaded 2-7-08 from http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/images/content/134724main_seaice_min_2005_lg.jpg

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48

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(countries)

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Image of the Arctic from NASA, Downloaded 2-7-08 from http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/images/content/134724main_seaice_min_2005_lg.jpg

GREENLAND

CANADAAlaska (U.S.)

RUSSIA

CANADA

Queen Elizabeth Islands (Canada)

Hudson Bay

Chukchi Sea

Bering Sea

Gulf of Alaska

PACIFIC OCEAN

Sea of Othotsk

ARCTIC OCEAN

Svalbard (Norway)

RUSSIA

Baffin Bay

Davis Strait

Greenland Sea

Barents Sea

NORWAY

FINLANDSWEDEN

ICELAND

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BOWHEAD WHALE

LITTLE AUK

Svalbard

POLAR BEAR

Churchill

PORCUPINE CARIBOU

Google Map showing the western Arctic indicated approximate locations of the four Arctic study species

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