Merit Prize Canon EOS Rebel 2000 35mm Camera with 28-80mm Zoom lens and a copy of the National Geographic Photography Field Guide. Thomas Cooper, of Waukee, Iowa, braved "balmy" -25 (°F) temperatures to photograph newborn polar bears in Manitoba's Wapusk National Park. "But don't get too close to them," he warns. "You're basically a walking Popsicle to a mother polar bear who hasn't eaten in five months." (Canon EOS-1VHS, Canon 600mm IS lens with a 1.4x teleconverter, Fujichrome Velvia film.) © 2002, 2003 National Geographic Society. All rights reserved.