A tiny Arctic village in Alaska is trying to revive its polar-bear tourism industry
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This photo provided by Roger MacKertich shows a polar bear on a barrier island Sept. 18, 2019, near Kaktovik, Alaska. (Roger MacKertich via AP)This photo provided by Roger MacKertich shows polar bears lying on a barrier island Sept. 18, 2019, near Kaktovik, Alaska. (Photo by Roger MacKertich via AP)FILE - Charles Lampe, president of the Kaktovik Inupiat Corporation, poses for a portrait outside his home in Kaktovik, Alaska, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)FILE - A polar bear and a cub search for scraps in a large pile of bowhead whale bones left from the village's subsistence hunting at the end of an unused airstrip near the village of Kaktovik, Alaska, on Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)FILE - The Kaktovik Lagoon and the Brooks Range mountains of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge are seen in Kaktovik, Alaska, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
Roger MacKertich
This photo provided by Roger MacKertich shows a polar bear on a barrier island Sept. 18, 2019, near Kaktovik, Alaska. (Roger MacKertich via AP)
