Arctic 30

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  At Minus 30 Degrees Celsius, Boiling Water Turns To Ice In Finland Winter

  Finland's record low temperatures this week inspired a tourist on a trip to the Arctic to try a trick that had long intrigued him: throwing boiling water in the air when it's extremely cold outside and seeing it turn into an instant cloud of icy dust

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  Siberian Tundra Could Virtually Disappear Due To Rising Global Temperatures, Says Study

  Global warming is posing an existential threat to the Siberian tundra, the frozen lands near the Arctic Circle, researchers have said in a new study. They said that the tundra could virtually disappear by mid-millennium if temperatures continued to grow rapidly.

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  Britain Braces For Coldest Winter In 30 Years, Say Scientists

  The UK could be bracing for one of the coldest winters in 30 years, scientists have warned.

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  Scientists Track Arctic Fox That Walked 4,000 Km From Norway To Canada

  Just 21 days after leaving the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen, an arctic fox had arrived in Greenland. And in less than three months, she made it to Canada. She averaged nearly 30 miles a day - some days, though, she walked almost 100.

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  Brutal Arctic Air Mass May Take Over US, From Mexico To Canada Borders

  Temperatures as much as 30 to 50 degrees below normal are entering the Northern Plains. Through the weekend, brutal conditions overtake the central portion of the country, from the Mexican to the Canadian borders.

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  As Cold Snap Stuns US East Coast, Warnings Of Frostbite Within Minutes

  A shroud of bone-chilling arctic air covered the US East Coast and Midwest on Saturday, creating dangerous conditions as tens of millions of people struggled to clean up from a blizzard that dumped deep, drifting snow in many areas earlier this week.

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  West Antarctic Coastal Snow Rose 30 Per Cent in 20th Century

  Annual snow accumulation on West Antarctica's coastal ice sheet increased dramatically by about 30 per cent during the 20th century, according to a new study.

• Dutch Arrest 30 Greenpeace Activists Blocking Russian Tanker

  Dutch police on Thursday arrested around 30 Greenpeace activists, including the captain of the lobby group's flagship Rainbow Warrior, as they tried to stop a Russian tanker delivering Arctic oil from docking.

• Greenpeace activist 'even more dedicated' after Russia ordeal

  A Greenpeace activist who spent more than two months in prison in Russia said on Friday the ordeal had made her "even more dedicated" to saving the Arctic environment.

• Six more Greenpeace activists leave Russia

  Five British Greenpeace activists and one Canadian flew out of Russia on Friday following an amnesty which halted their prosecution for a protest against oil drilling in the Arctic, the environmental group said.

• Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina released from Russian jail

  Maria Alyokhina, a member of Russian punk band Pussy Riot, walked free from jail on Monday under an amnesty allowing her early release from a two-year sentence for a protest in a church against President Vladimir Putin.

• Russia releases third Greenpeace activist on bail

  A Russian court has granted bail to a third crew member arrested for a protest against Arctic oil drilling, Greenpeace said on Tuesday.

• Russia claims drugs found on Greenpeace ship, plans new charges

  Russian investigators said they found drugs aboard a Greenpeace ship that was used in a protest against offshore Arctic drilling and would press new charges against some of the 30 people being held for alleged piracy.