PHOTOS: Arctic Fox Kits at the Aquarium of the Pacific

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Jeff Gritchen
on July 15, 2011 10:35 PM | |

20110715-PN00-ARCTICFOX01-JG.jpgLONG BEACH, CALIF. USA -- Two make Arctic Fox cubs play in the Molina Animal Care Center at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, Calif. on July 15, 2011. Arctic fox babies are called either pups or kits. The two brothers are part of the Aquarium of the Pacific's new Arctic & Antarctic: Our Polar Regions in Peril exhibition.

The Arctic fox is an incredibly resilient animal that can live in temperatures as low as -59° F and as warm as temperatures in Southern California. They are found in the Arctic and alpine tundra regions, from coastal Alaska and Greenland to Scandinavia and Russia.
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This blog is a journal of Southern California, through the lens of Jeff Gritchen. It's updated frequently with pictures, photo tips and musings from the various assignments he covers as a staff photographer for the Press-Telegram and Torrance Daily Breeze.

Gritchen has been documenting the diverse city of Long Beach since 1998. He covers everything from the Cambodian community to prep sports to gang ridden neighborhoods to the annual running of the Long Beach Grand Prix. He covered destruction Hurricane Katrina brought to Long Beach, Mississippi and traveled to Southeast Asia to document a rural Cambodian girl's as she traveled to the U.S. for life-altering heart surgery. He has won numerous state and national awards, including an international NPPA Best of Photojournalism award in 2003 and Best News Photo from the Los Angeles Press Club in 2010. In 2011, the photo staffs of the Long Beach Press-Telegram and Torrance Daily Breeze merged. Now he covers all of Southern Los Angeles County. He can be contacted at
jeff.gritchen@presstelegram.com

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