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Steven earned a degree in marine biology from Towson State University and worked briefly in the Florida Keys as a marine biologist before setting out for Alaska to pursue his true passion – wildlife photography. His photographs have been featured in Audubon, National Geographic, National Geographic For Kids, National Wildlife, Newsweek, Sierra, TIME and Vanity Fair magazines, and he has published several books: Ice Bear, The Last Polar Bear, Alaska’s Bears of the North, Alaska’s Wildlife of the North, and Alaska Wildlife Impressions. Steven is the only wildlife photographer to date who has extensively photographed the Alaskan polar bear and its critical Arctic coastal habitat, something he wishes to continue throughout the international Arctic - an area rapidly being affected by climate change. He is known within the photography community for his skills of observation and determination to capture an image even in extreme weather conditions.