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COVER:© KLEIN & HUBERT/NATUREPL.COM. TABLE OF CONTENTS: (BACKGROUND) JONATHAN IRISH/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC IMAGE COLLECTION; (ARCTIC FOXES) © DAVE WALSH; (DANCING DRAGON) EASTIMAGES/MOMENT/GETTY IMAGES; (FLAMINGO BOB) JASPER DOEST PHOTOGRAPHY. SEASONS CHANGE: (LETTERING BACKGROUND & BORDERS) OMELA/SHUTTERSTOCK; (ARCTIC FOXES SPRING)© DAVE WALSH; (ARCTIC FOX SUMMER) © INGACIO YUFERA/FPLA/MINDEN PICTURES; (ARCTIC FOX FALL) © DANNY GREEN/NATUREPL.COM; (ARCTIC FOXES WINTER VIDEO) HENRY HARRISON/SHUTTERSTOCK; (INSET) © LYNN M. STONE/NATUREPL.COM. ARCTIC ANIMALS: (ARCTIC HARE) © MATTHIAS BREITER/MINDEN PICTURES; (POLAR BEARS) HIMANSHU SARAF/SHUTTERSTOCK; (ARCTIC FOX) TOM MURPHY/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC IMAGE COLLECTION; (HARP SEAL) BRIAN J. SKERRY/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC IMAGE COLLECTION; (SNOWY OWL) RICHARD MITTLEMAN/GON2FOTO/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO. DANCING DRAGONS: (LETTERING & BACKGROUND) SOPHY RU/SHUTTERSTOCK; (DANCING DRAGON) EASTPHOTO1/GETTY IMAGES; (DRUMMERS) ANDY WONG/AP PHOTO; (DANCING LION) GONG LEI/XINHUA PRESS/CORBIS; (FIREWORKS VIDEO) EASTFOOTAGE IMAGE BANK FILM/GETTY IMAGES; (FIREWORKS IMAGE) CHINA PHOTOS/GETTY IMAGES. FLAMINGO BOB: (BIG MAP) MAPPING SPECIALISTS, LTD; (WILD FLAMINGOS) OLIVER HOFFMAN/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; ALL OTHER IMAGES BY JASPER DOEST PHOTOGRAPHY; (VIDEO) THOMAS KLOMP/CROSSMARKPICTURES. WORDS TO EXPLORE: (SEASONS) MIHAI ANDRITOIU/ALAMY STOCK PHOTO; (WOMAN & BIRD) HMVART/E+/GETTY IMAGES; (EARTH) NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAPS; (FIREWORKS) CHINA PHOTOS/GETTY IMAGES. THE END IMAGE: ARTERRA/UNIVERSAL IMAGES GROUP/GETTY IMAGES.