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1050:List of birds of Antarctica
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632:Black-bellied storm petrel
812:Northern collared lemming
807:Nelson's collared lemming
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414:Mountainous regions
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662:Common murre
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902:Ross's gull
892:Ringed seal
887:Ribbon seal
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717:Harbor seal
702:Grey plover
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587:Arctic wolf
577:Arctic tern
567:Arctic hare
376:polar bears
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303:environment
299:hibernation
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917:Sanderling
852:Polar bear
782:Little auk
752:King eider
742:Ivory gull
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