How blending Inuit knowledge and western science has helped improve polar bear health — and why a trade ban would hurt
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Watching a breathing hole of a seal. Inuit hunter wearing traditional trousers and boots made from polar bear fur on the sea ice of the Melville Bay n Stock Photo - Alamy
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