Bear Hibernation Monitoring Hut (IMAGE)

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Bear Hibernation Monitoring Hut

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Øivind Tøien, research scientist with the Institute of Arctic Biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and first author of an upcoming paper in Science on bear hibernation, checks on the hibernating bears using computer monitors connected to video and physiological recording equipment.

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Øivind Tøien/Institute of Arctic Biology/University of Alaska Fairbanks

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