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Male copepods are distinctly different from female copepods.
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Male Copepod

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The midwater scyphomedusa Atolla tenella, as seen under a microscope.
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Midwater Sea Jelly

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Comb jellies have fragile bodies and are difficult to capture.
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Fragile Comb Jelly

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Scientists use this box corer to study marine life.
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Launching a Box Corer

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Scientist Kevin Raskoff documents organisms by building an aquarium.
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Photographing Captured Animals

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Explore the different cultures of the territory between the Arctic and Pacific oceans. The area is home to over 150,000 Indigenous residents, whose diverse languages and cultures are both a link to history and the foundation for contemporary lives.
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Smithsonian Alaska Native Collections

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On average, Arctic sea ice has decreased by four percent per decade since the late 1970s.
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Ice Melt in Iceland

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Narwhals with their long unicorn-like tusks.
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Narwhals Breaching

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Chrysaora melanaster is a jellyfish found in the Arctic.
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World Oceans Day 2012

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Scientists document a direct relationship between Arctic sea ice and polar bear survival.
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Forecast for Polar Bear Populations

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Map depicting the archaeological excavation site at Hare Harbor in Quebec, Canada in 2009
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Archaeological Site Map of Hare Harbor

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This 1874 illustration of California gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) shows a group of individuals at the edge of their modern day range in the North Pacific Ocean, blocked from traveling further east into Arctic waters by thick ice barriers.
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California Grays Among the Ice

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