.	Polar Bear with Cubs Ryke Yseøyane, Svalbard, Norway July 2001	.
A sow cradles one of her cubs.	These cubs were about six months old,	and will stay close of their mother for at least two years.
Polar bears are good swimmers.	They have webbed paws that help propel them through the water.	Rolling on the ice squeezes trapped water from her fur.
This family	of polar bears	seemed as curious
about us	as we were	about them.
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