Record heat impacting Arctic sea ice
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A spate of exceptional heat has spread across the Arctic Circle, triggering record-high temperature readings and putting the region on track to post the lowest-ever sea ice coverage in 2020
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Arctic sea ice extent July 21, 2020

Median sea ice extent July, 1981-2010
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Verkhoyansk, Russia

Temperature of 38°C (100.4°F) reported on Jun 20, highest ever in Arctic Circle
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PACIFIC OCEAN
Alaska (U.S.)
CANADA
Siberia
ICELAND
ATLANTIC OCEAN
NORWAY
Greenland (DEN)
ARCTIC OCEAN
North Pole
RUSSIA
Laptev Sea
Barents Sea
Arctic Circle
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Eureka, Nunavut (Canada): New record of 21.9°C (71.4°F) reported on Jul 26
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Svalbard, Norway: 21.7°C (71.1°F) in Longyearbyen on Jul 25, breaking previous record set in 1979
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Sources: Associated Press, Bloomberg, Gizmodo
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