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Photographer Fred Bruemmer, whose picture of polar bears appears in his next book first saw the Arctic 27 years ago when Indians lived in birchbark ho(...)
Photographer Fred Bruemmer, whose picture of polar bears appears in his next book first saw the Arctic 27 years ago when Indians lived in birchbark ho(...)

Photographer Fred Bruemmer, whose picture of polar bears appears in his next book first saw the Arctic 27 years ago when Indians lived in birchbark ho(...)

Date3/4/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Photographer Fred Bruemmer; whose picture of polar bears appears in his next book first saw the Arctic 27 years ago when Indians lived in birchbark homes and Eskimos hunted with dogsleds. 'There's an entire culture there that may be wiped out soon;' he says.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0099405F
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