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FOR KIDS: Cool Jobs: Wild Science
Collecting data can be dangerous for scientists who work in the field
Web edition: August 24, 2012
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Arctic researcher Kathy Young (rear) and student walk back to remote research cabin on Canada’s Bathurst Island.
Tarmo Remmel
Discouraging polar bears from joining you for breakfast, avoiding hippos that might bite you in two and learning to bathe in caiman-infested rivers are not part of a scientist’s traditional job description. But if you’re a field researcher — someone who gets out of the lab to collect and analyze data — you may want to master some of these skills.
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