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World Service,01 Oct 2003,23 mins

Why Life In The Arctic Is Warming Up

Melting Away

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How global warming is affecting the inhabitants of the Arctic. The sea ice of the Canadian Arctic is melting earlier in the spring and freezing later in the autumn. The programme looks at the affect on the native Inuit inhabitants and what is being done to prevent climate change. This is a programme from the BBC World Service Archive and was originally broadcast in 2003.

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