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BLACK BEAR COLOR PHASES 



sudden advance of ice sometimes 

 brings them as far south as Bering 

 Strait. 



Females, which weigh around 

 700 pounds, have young every 2 

 years. The hairless cubs are born 

 in late December or early January, 

 and do not open their eyes for 6 

 weeks. All polar bears except 

 pregnant females — the only polar 

 bears to hibernate — are constantly 

 on the search for food. This con- 

 sists of fish, seals, walrus, kelp, sea 

 ducks (like eiders and scoters) , and 

 other birds. 



A polar-bear hunt is always a 

 dangerous undertaking. Polar- 

 bear meat is a welcome food for 

 hunters or anyone stranded in 

 Arctic regions. To avoid trichino- 

 sis, it should be well-cooked. The 

 liver should never be eaten : It con- 



tains so much vitamin A that it 

 causes a sickness — hypervitamino- 

 sis — similar to the shock caused by 

 an overdose of protein. The fat is 

 used by the Eskimos, who also make 

 garments of the pelt and ornaments 

 of the teeth and claws. The pelt is 

 quite a prize, and about 100 of 

 them, worth 6 to 8 dollars a foot, 

 as measured from nose to tip of 

 tail, are exported yearly. 



Mountain s h e e p — The Dall 

 mountain sheep is the only wild 

 white sheep in existence. The 

 white coat and the long curled 

 horns of the ram make it one of the 

 handsomest specimens of Alaskan 

 wildlife, and one of the most prized 

 trophies on the North American 

 continent. 



The gun or camera hunter must 

 work hard to get within range of 



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