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Who is Joel Berger?

For Joel Berger, this has involved dressing up as a polar bear and being charged by native wildlife in the frozen reaches of northeast Russia. Professor Berger, a conservation biologist with Colorado State University and the Wildlife Conservation Society, calls himself an "extreme conservationist." Joel Berger has spent many winters in the Arctic.

Where did Joel Berger spend his winters?

Joel Berger has spent many winters in the Arctic. (Supplied: Joel Berger) He travels to some of the planet's harshest environments and studies how animals there are coping with a warming climate.

Did Joel Berger encounter musk oxen in the Arctic?

Joel Berger has had dozens of encounters with musk oxen in the Arctic while dressed as a polar bear. (Supplied: Sergei Albarok) Around the world, many different people are helping to fight climate change in many different ways.

Why did Professor Berger dress up as a polar bear?

"And the hallmark of being a scientist is, you do experiments." So, cue the polar bear costume. Professor Berger has dressed up as an animal many times in his career — ranging from a grizzly bear to a caribou — in order to approach and closely observe wildlife. So he decided to dress up as a polar bear and see how these musk oxen would respond.