"Eskimo hunters on an island in the Bering Sea were offered not only cash but firearms, ammunition, marijuana, cigarettes, and snow machines for walrus ivory tusks and polar bear hides that were illegally sold, according to federal prosecutors....
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"Grizzly attacks group of seven teens" July 26, 2011|Associated Press
ANCHORAGE - A grizzly pounced so furiously on a group of teens in the remote Alaska wilderness that they did not have time to pull out their bear deterrent spray to defend themselves, a father of one of the boys said yesterday.
The seven teens were in the last leg of a 30-day backcountry education course when they came upon the bear and its cub Saturday night. The teens at the front of the pack bore the brunt of the attack, authorities said.
They were rescued early Sunday after activating their emergency locator beacon and tending to the wounded.
“They startled this bear,’’ Jon Gottsegen said by phone from his Denver home. His 17-year-old son Samuel was among the four injured....
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