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Peggy Lam /
CBC /
June 19, 2019
While central Alberta is under a rainfall warning, thousands of people in Mackenzie County in northern Alberta are being evacuated from their homes in the face of aggressive and growing wildfires.
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Батагай, Верхоянский район, Республика Саха, Russia
Siberian Times /
June 13, 2019
The fires are now raging some 10 to 15 kilometers from the megaslump crater - a large hole in the frozen Arctic soil which highlights the dramatic speed of thawing permafrost.
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Kenai, Alaska, United States
Madeline McGee /
Anchorage Daily News /
June 13, 2019
It’s not dangerous at this point to drive on the Sterling Highway, though smoke may reduce visibility.
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Alaska Media /
Arctic Sounder /
June 12, 2019
At least 60 ice seals have been found dead across northern and western Alaska this month. As of early this week, reports of dead seals had come in from the Norton Sound region, the Northwest Arctic and the North Slope.
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Kivalina, Alaska, United States
Janet Mitchell, Anna Godduhn and Richard L Thoman Jr /
LEO Network /
June 7, 2019
Because of the increased travel distance, only families with larger boats were able to participate in the hunt and bring back enough to make the trip cost effective. With a heavier load in the boat, one family ran out of gas trying to get home and had to be rescued.
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Norilsk, Krasnoyarskiy, Russia
Reuters /
The Moscow Times /
June 19, 2019
It is the first polar bear seen in the city in more than 40 years, according to local environmentalists.
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Qaanaaq, Qaasuitsup Kommunia, Greenland
CBC /
June 13, 2019
A dog-sled team ran into standing water after the onset of warm conditions across the northern territory caused rapid ice melt.
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