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A sad ending for the ‘world’s loneliest polar bear’

From 2016: Arthur the polar bear never did make it to a refuge in Manitoba

It took 117 hours to capture this polar bear photo

Wildlife photographer Daisy Gilardini explains how she landed these ‘priceless’ photos

Kook Cyrus Aliyak, 1987-2014

Even as a child, he was a gifted hunter. He overcame a fear of polar bears after an attack nearly killed him and his grandfather.

Paul Nicklen’s polar passion

The only Canadian on National Geographic’s photojournalist roster captures the beauty of both poles

Decorating with the rich and famous

Decorating with the rich and famous

Barbara Amiel on catching glimpses of changing cultural attitudes from a magazine

Beaver be dammed

Beaver be dammed

A proposal to replace the beaver with the polar bear as our national emblem causes fur to fly

Beaver, be gone

At 36, our national emblem is apparently getting long in the bucked tooth

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Week in Pictures: October 2nd – October 9th, 2009

The best pictures from the last seven days