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 |  | Polar bear poses for a picture (AP)
 Updated: 2006-06-02 08:45
 In this photo provided by Mary Sage, a polar bear watches a whaling 
crew photographing the animal near Barrow, Alaska, Monday, May 22, 2006. The 
Akootchook whaling crew came upon the polar bear, Monday, while going out on the 
Arctic Ocean to check on conditions for whaling and to hunt ducks. The bear did 
not approach the crew and it was not shot. [AP]
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