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  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#4309
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - getting a 'tasty' bit off the whale bone.
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#4356
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - apparently the dried whale flesh is still nutritious.
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#4366
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#4389
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - grabbed a photo bean bag out of the bus window.
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#5569
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bear
    Polar Bear
    Ursus maritimus - scattering some of the beans.
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#5586
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bears
    Polar Bears
    Ursus maritimus - female and one of her large juveniles.
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#5605
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bears
    Polar Bears
    Ursus maritimus - last years whale carcass.
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#5618
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Polar Bears
    Polar Bears
    Ursus maritimus
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#5655
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Landing Craft Wreck
    Landing Craft Wreck
    Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, September 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#4420
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Muktuk
    Muktuk
    The indigenous people are allowed to kill three whales a year for their traditional food.
    Whale Bone Pile, Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska, Deptember 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#5663
    Larry L. Jackson
  • Short-eared Owl
    Short-eared Owl
    Asio flammeus
    Barter Island, Alaska, September 6, 2011
    2011-09-06#4425
    Larry L. Jackson