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Fall of the Wild
The interests of big oil, wild creatures, and native populations collide on the largest remaining piece of U.S. wilderness, Alaska's North Slope.
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Photograph by Joel Sartore
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Photograph by Joel Sartore
Polar bears are indirectly suffering the fallout from global oil dependence. To survive, they hunt for seals on pack ice. But a warming climate-accelerated by the burning of fossil fuels-causes pack ice to form later in the fall and melt earlier in the spring. So the bears-getting hungrier and thinner-must roam the shores for what food they can find. ]]>
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Photograph by Joel Sartore
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Photograph by Joel Sartore
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Photograph by Joel Sartore
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Photograph by Joel Sartore