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Warnings Or Dangers: Polar Bear

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on Oct 4, 2002

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Barrow is the land of the Polar Bear. To keep these huge bears out of town, whale carcasses from the hunt are dragged out to the point, about 9 miles from town , for the bears to feed off.

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Paul2001 Tue Oct 26, 2004 02:03 UTC Outstanding page on this remote location.	Goldenboy Tue Oct 5, 2004 08:43 UTC Morning d(b)ear! :D
picklegirl Mon Mar 8, 2004 20:05 UTC Great page! I hope to get up here next month. (The keyword is "hope". Barrow in April..am I crazy??)	mannymiami Wed Apr 16, 2003 23:59 UTC What a fantastic experience to go to this part of the World. A great page...

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