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4 crazy things that are happening in the Arctic right now

Climate change is creating bizarre circumstances. Image: REUTERS/Kathryn Hansen/NASA

Johnny Wood
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Maximum Arctic sea ice extent 2018-2019.
Maximum Arctic sea ice extent 2018-2019. Image: Statista
The Aggie Creek Fire is located 30 miles northwest of Fairbanks, AK started by a lightning strike on Jun. 22, 2015 has consumed an estimated 31,705 acres.  USFS photo.
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The snow-covered landscape is seen in an aerial photo near the town of Uummannaq in western Greenland March 17, 2010. Dutch artist Ap Verheggen plans to erect two giant sculptures on a piece of Greenland's sea ice and monitor them drifting away after the glacier breaks off.  REUTERS/Svebor Kranjc (GREENLAND - Tags: ENVIRONMENT ENTERTAINMENT) - GM1E63I09X801
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Wind patterns are left in the ice pack that covers the Arctic Ocean north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska March 18, 2011.  REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENVIRONMENT) - GM1E73M16SU01
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