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Winter is Coming: The Changing of the Seasons Through a Mastodon’s Eyes

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Riley Black Chronicles Migratory Patterns and Seasonal Cycles in a World Before Humans

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Arctic Rush: Inside the 19th-Century Craze to Reach the North Pole

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