Individuals, families and communities pitted courage, determination and resourcefulness against all manner of obstacles, privations and dangers: inhospitable terrain crossings, brutal weather, unrelenting hunger, ravaging diseases and hostile encounters in lawless lands.

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The polar bear - with its "strength, courage, resourcefulness and dignity" - would be a better fit, she argued.

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