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Circle of Fire - Each morning, the State of Alaska publishes an emergency situation report covering everything from COVID-19 to wildlfires, earthquakes to severe weather. Today, the big story was three Aleutian volcanoes (Cleveland, Semisopochnoi and Veniaminof) all added to the Alaska Volcano Observatory watch list. Mount Veniaminof has been putting on quite a show effusing lava and ash since early March. But these were not the only northern volcanoes making headlines this week. The Siberia Times reported that a group of adventurers spent two days filming the eruption of remote Klyuchevskaya Volcano in Kamchatka. They measured the height of the cinder cone, which has reached almost 60 meters, and cooked dinner on the lava bed. In Iceland, another eruption started Friday near the capital city of Reykjavik. It provided some spectacular viewing and a few safety concerns as viewers ventured close to the lava flows. It was the first time that Mt. Fagradalsfjall has erupted in 800 years. You can see footage of the event and read other stories shared by LEO Network members and local observers. Mike Brubaker, Editor

	Alert level raised after explosion at remote Alaska Peninsula volcano Mount Veniaminof, Alaska, United States Associated Press / Anchorage Daily News / March 4, 2021 Satellite and webcam views indicated low-level ash emissions from Mount Veniaminof volcano. The ash plume did not rise above 10,000 feet, the Alaska Volcano Observatory said. Minor ash deposits are visible at the volcano, located 480 miles southwest of Anchorage. Read article on Anchorage Daily News
	Spectacular footage records the formation of new second cone on highest active volcano in Eurasia Klyuchi, Kamtsjatka, Russia Siberian Times / March 8, 2021 Images of the eruption and the new cone on Klyuchevskaya Sopka was caught by adventurers over two days, the 7th and 8th of March. The height of the cinder cone at its peak has reached almost 60 meters in height, with a base diameter of 101 meters. Read article on Siberian Times
	A Volcanic Eruption Has Begun on the Reykjanes Peninsula Grindavík, Iceland Gréta Sigríður Einarsdóttir / Iceland Review / March 19, 2021 A volcanic eruption has started by Fagradalsfjall on the Reykjanes peninsula. Grindavík residents noticed a red glare in the sky above the area where the magma movement has been detected for the past few weeks. Expert at the Icelandic Met Office Bjarki Kaldalóns Friis confirms that a volcanic eruption has begun. Read article on Iceland Review
	From Greenland to Valentia: face to face with a king of the Arctic Knightstown, Ireland Sinead Kelleher / independent / March 17, 2021 A walk in the woods behind Glanleam beach on Valentia Island for local man Alan Houlihan and his daughther, Muireann (Mimi) (5) on Sunday morning took a rather unusual twist when the pair spotted a walrus out on the rocks, just off the beach. Read article on independent
	N.W.T. communities prepare for spring floods, as high water levels persist Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada Hannah Paulson / CBC / March 17, 2021 During the summer and fall months of 2020, the Great Slave Lake reached the highest water levels in its recorded history. Communities that are prone to flooding are preparing for an abnormal spring ahead. Read article on CBC
	Black Patches on Cisco fish (Coregonus autumnalis) appear to be Phaeohyphomycosis Emmonak, Alaska, United States Patrick Tam and Jayde Ferguson / LEO Network / February 25, 2021 Fish caught while ice fishing has black patches on skin. Appears to be the same black fungal syndrome previously reported in Kipnuk. Read post on the LEO Network

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