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‘The Arctic isn’t melting anymore, it’s on fire’ says co-chair Gwich’in Council International 
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‘The Arctic isn’t melting anymore, it’s on fire’ says co-chair Gwich’in Council International 

Trying to put a wider spotlight on the global impacts of melting permafrost in the Arctic, Canada’s Dustin Whalen and Norway’s Tina Schoolmeester launched a new 174-page print and online Arctic Permafrost Map as an exhibit at the 10th Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik, Iceland. “It’s the first atlas of its kind,” said Whalen, a scientist at...