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The research icebreaker Polarstern of the German Alfred-Wegener-Institut for Polar and Marine Research reached the

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Demands to not pursue any economic activity in the Arctic, does not seem to be a solution as people in the North want

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With about a month to go before the melt season concludes, the Arctic ice cap has begun shrinking at a faster pace

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