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IN PICTURES: Nan the polar bear moves to Chicago

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Nikita passes underneath her mother, Nan, during her unveiling to the media at the Toledo Zoo in 2007.

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Nan-in-new-digs

Nan enjoys her new digs at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago.

Jim Schulz/Chicago Zoological Society

Nan-shakes

Nan was moved to Chicago for breeding.

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Nan came to the Toledo Zoo in 2001, and gave birth to a cub, Nikita, in 2006.

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Nan-new-digs

Nan's move to Chicago was coordinated by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Polar Bear Species Survival Plan.

Jim Schulz/Chicago Zoological Society

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