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  • Eclipse Sound, north of Baffin Island, Canada.	A tourist camp on a frozen ocean.
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  • Eclipse Sound, north of Baffin Island, Canada.	A tourist in a komatik sled behind a snowmobile on the frozen ocean.
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  • The North Face of Great Sail Peak glows in the midnight sun above purple saxifrage flowers in the Stewart Valley, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
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  • Moss and Ferns thrive in a temperate rain forest along the road to Mount Baker Ski Area, which often receives more snowfall than any other lift-serviced mountain in North America.
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  • Expedition members exult after the first ascent of the north face of Great Sail Peak, an arctic big wall climb on Canada's Baffin Island.
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  • NUNAVUT, Canada. Mountains & frozen fjord on Baffin Island, north of Arctic Circle.
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  • A helicopter ferries fuel drums to a remote geology camp north of the Arctic Circle on Canada's Baffin Island.
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  • A helicopter ferries picks up a climbing expedition after the team spent six weeks climbing the wall in the background, north of the Arctic Circle on Canada's Baffin Island.
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  • Mountaineer Jared Ogden photographs Mark Synnott and Alex Lowe atop Great Sail Peak, high above the spectacular Steward Valley, north of the Arctic Circle on Canada's Baffin Island.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Inuit snowmobiles pull mountaineering expedition members across frozen lake in remote Stewart Valley, north of Clyde River.  The temperature is below zero, F, and Sail Peaks are in background.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Young Inuit guides, Ben Illuaq (L) & Romeo Palluq by hunting cabin north of Clyde River.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) runs across frozen Baffin Bay, north of Arctic Circle.
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  • Houses in Pond Inlet rise above the shore of Lancaster Sound, north of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.  Behind are mountains on Bylot Island.
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  • 3,000 feet above the ground on a huge, overhanging granite cliff - the northernmost big wall climb yet attempted at the time - mountaineer Greg Child pounds a piton into a thin crack that is the only route upwards.  He is lit by frigid midnight sun, north of the Arctic Circle, and progress was so slow that the team required nearly a month to complete the route.
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  • Apitak Iqaqrialu, an Inuit elder, sits on frozen tundra north of the Arctic Circle on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
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  • An Inuit hunter waits by a seal breathing hole north of Baffin Island.
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  • Snowmobile-bourne tourists watch a polar bear cross frozen Baffin Bay north of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. Alex Lowe & Mark Synott (MR) set up tent in a blizzard north of the Arctic Circle, near Sam Ford Fjord, en route to climbing expedition north of Clyde River.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. North face of Great Sail Peak glows in midnight sun, Stewart Valley.
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  • Stewart Valley, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. A mountaineer free climbs high on Great Sail Peak's huge north face.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. Greg Child, Mark Synnott & Alex Lowe (MR) look for climbing route up Great Sail Peak from frozen lake in remote Stewart Valley, north of Clyde River.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA, Inuit hunter beside igloo on frozen Eclipse Sound, north of Baffin Island, N.W.T.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. Sunset on wilderness mountains near Clyde River hamlet, north of Arctic Circle.
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  • A fast-moving polar glacier empties into a fjord on Canada's Baffin Island , north of the Arctic Circle.
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  • NUNAVUT, Canada. Unnamed cliffs tower above frozen Quernbiter Fjord on northern Baffin Island, north of Arctic Circle.
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  • A ski plane flies over a massive granite prow dividing two fjords on Canada's Baffin Island, north of the Arctic Circle.
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  • Small islands rise above the ice in a frozen fjord on Canada's Baffin Island, north of the Arctic Circle.
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  • Midnight sun on the Sail Peaks reflects in a lake in the Stewart Valley, north of the Arctic Circle on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Reflection on lake in Stewart Valley, between Sam Ford & Gibbs Fjords, north of Clyde River.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Bathed in midnight sunlight, Great Sail Peak, which towers above the Stewart Valley, north of Clyde River, is reflected in a snow-melt pool, beside purple saxifrage flowers (Saxifraga oppositifolia).
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  • MOUNTAINEERING. Alex Lowe & Greg Child sleep atop Great Sail peak after month-long big wall climb on north face of an arctic cliff.
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  • Alex Lowe reaches the summit plateau of Great Sail Peak after a six-week rock climb north of the Arctic Circle on Canada's Baffin Island.
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  • Mountaineer Alex Lowe uses pulleys and mechanical advantage to haul huge bags of food and water up a 4,000-foot cliff north of the Arctic Circle on Canada's Baffin Island.
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  • MOUNTAINEERING. Alex Lowe & Mark Synnott ascend ropes on Great Sail Peak, a 4000-foot monolith north of the Arctic Circle on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Mark Synnott (MR), belays from bosun's chair on north face of Great Sail Peak (Arctic big wall rock climb) as he sorts through hardware that includes cams, pitons, slings, carabiners, ropes, etc.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada.  Unnamed cliffs above Stewart Valley, north of Clyde River.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe starts up first pitch of month-long climb on north face of Great Sail Peak, above Stewart Valley.
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  • Greg Child rides in a komatik sled pulled by a snowmobile, en route to a climbing expedition on Great Sail Peak north of the Arctic Circle on Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
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  • NUNAVUT, CANADA. Tourist camp in sedge meadow on Bylot Island, beside frozen Eclipse Sound and north of Baffin Island (bkg.)
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Inuit hunter Ham Kadloo shoots at a seal on frozen Eclipse Sound, north of Baffin Island.
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  • An Inuit hunter waits by a seal breathing hole north of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
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  • An Inuit hunter waits by a seal breathing hole north of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
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  • An Inuit hunter waits for seals at the ice floe edge north of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
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  • An Inuit hunter surveys frozen Eclipse Sound north of Pond Inlet.
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  • Hoarfrost crystals on disintegrating sea ice north of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
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  • Nunavut, Canada. Inuit tour guide descent glacial moraine on Bylot Island, north of Baffin Island.
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  • The midnight sun circles over frozen Eclipse Sound north of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Canada. Great Sail Peak.  Route of National Geographic-sponsored first-ascent expedition goes up the North Face, just right of central summit gully.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Sail Peaks tower above Stewart Valley, north of Clyde River. Great Sail Peak on right, with climbing route in longest, blankest part of face.
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  • A helicopter ferries fuel drums to a remote geology camp north of the Arctic Circle on Canada's Baffin Island.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe (MR) under midnight sun, Great Sail Peak, above foggy Stewart Valley, north of Arctic Circle.
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  • Hanging Portaledge camp & haul bags high on Great Sail Peak, Baffin Island, Canada.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Expedition snowmobiles into Stewart Valley, a setting of huge polar cliffs.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Inuit hunter Laimake Palluq hides behind portable blind while aiming at ringed seal, Baffin Bay.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada, Alex Lowe (MR) makes difficult hook moves, aid climbing high on Great Sail Peak.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Greg Child (MR) balances in aid slings on extreme A4+ pitch high on Great Sail Peak.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND. Jared Ogden ascends Great Sail Peak, Stewart Valley bkg. Nunavut, Canada. (MR)
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Inuit hunter Jayko Apak (MR) aims at a seal on frozen Sam Ford Fjord, Baffin Bay.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Canada, Gordon Wiltsie photographs from cantilevered poles, high on Great Sail Peak.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. Greg Child ascends rope high on Great Sail Peak, above fog in Stewart Valley. (MR)
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Canada, Great Sail Peak.  Expedition route goes just right of central summit gully.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe (MR) exults after shooting video of spectacular Arctic mountains during aerial scout in search of rock climbing objectives.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, CANADA. Inuit woman sells frozen Arctic char in Iqaluit (formerly Frobisher Bay), capital of Nunavut, the new Inuit territory.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Thawing sea ice on Baffin Bay, near Clyde River. Due to global warming, the sea is melting earlier each year, wreaking havoc on Inuit hunting methods, as well as the life cycles of most Arctic wildlife.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. Inuit offerings left on summit of Great Sail Peak by climbing expedition.  Stewart Valley bkg.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Greg Child & Mark Synnott endure extended rain in portaledge camp high on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic big wall rock climb.
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  • MOUNTAINEERING. Alex Lowe in portaledge camp high on overhanging granite wall on Great Sail Peak, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Jared Ogden & Alex Lowe enjoy a hot drink in portaledge tent high on Great Sail Peak.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. John Catto risks a dangerous flare-up while lighting a hanging stove in Portaledge camp, high on Great Sail Peak.
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  • Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada. Looking out of a hanging tent, high up on Great Sail Peak.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. Mark Synnott, exhausted by hauling huge bags up Great Sail Peak. Jared Ogden helps.  Stewart Valley below. (MR)
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Greg Child (MR) in snowstorm on Great Sail Peak.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe (MR) climbs difficult "aid" high on Great Sail Peak above Stewart Valley.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. Alex Lowe (MR) prepares for hook moves, aid climbing high on Great Sail Peak.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Canada. John Catto films Mark Synnott & Jared Ogdon (MR) high up 4000' granite face on Great Sail Peak.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Mark Synnott belays as Alex Lowe leads extreme aid climbing high on Great Sail Peak, an Arctic, big wall rock climb above frozen lake in Stewart Valley. (MR)
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  • Great Sail Peak Expedition, Baffin Island, Canada. Alex Lowe (MR) on boulder beside Tibetan prayers flags in base camp.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Inuit hunters surround fishing hole they are chopping in frozen lake in Stewart Valley.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Inuit hunter, Jayko Apak (MR), chops fishing hole in frozen lake in Stewart Valley.
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  • An elderly Inuit hunter relaxes, bathed in midnight sun.
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  • An Inuit hunter pokes his harpoon at an iceberg frozen into the sea ice of Baffin Bay, west of Baffin Island in Nunavut, Canada.  This source of remarkably pure water has drifted in from the rapidly melting icecap of Greenland.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND,  Nunavut, Canada, Inuit hunters Laimake Palluq & Jayko Apak study fish beside a seal breathing hole on frozen Baffin Bay.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Inuit hunters Laimake Palluq & Jayko Apak look for seals on Frozen Baffin Bay.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Inuit hunter Jayko Apak (MR) looks for seals on frozen Sam Ford Fjord, Baffin Bay.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Inuit hunters pull komatik sled through white-out conditions in a blizzard.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Inuit hunters sit out a storm in a tent, catching up on regional gossip on a short-wave radio.  (L to R: Laimakie Palluq, Jushua Illuaq & Joannasie Apak).
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  • Young Inuit hunter Ben Illuaq aims his shotgun at a snowshoe on the tundra of Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. Inuit guides tie snomobiles together to tow heavy load up hill en route to Great Sail Peak expedition.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Inuit guide walks by stranded boat on Baffin Bay.
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  • Inuit hunters Joannasie Apak and Apitak Iqaqrialu from Clyde River hamlet on Baffin Island, melt snow for tea on their Coleman Stove as they take a break cross the frozen sea ice of Baffin Bay.  Behind them is an iceberg trapped by the winter freeze.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, NUNAVUT, CANADA. Inuit guides, snowmobiles & Great Sail Peak expedition members beside icebergs on frozen Baffin Bay.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Mountaineering expedition & its Inuit guides' snowmobiles parked by iceberge on frozen Baffin Bay.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Alex Lowe pushes Inuit snowmobile carrying expedition equipment to Great Sail Peak.
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  • Young Inuit guides tickle Alex Lowe's foot as he exercises while storm-bound in hut on Canada's Baffin Island.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Inuit guides fix snowmobile in the field with simple tools & bare hands, despite subzero tempertures.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada.  Apitak Iqaqrialu, an Inuit clan elder of Clyde River, drives his snowmobile, wearing traditional caribou parka.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Inuit Guides prepare to load snowmobile sleds (kamatiks) in Clyde River.
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  • BAFFIN ISLAND, Nunavut, Canada. Inuit youngster plays outside on swing in sub-zero temperatures at Clyde River.
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