... economic potential, surrounded by massive ice where only native citizens traditionally know as Eskimos, passionate scientists and specific species of animals such as polar bears, narwhals and walruses live in. However, the picture of this territory has gradually changed over the past three decades. The melting of ... to many other investigations on this topic, including the last research produced by NASA and European Space Agency which has demonstrated that "the polar ice caps have melted faster in last 20 years than in the last 10,000 years" primarily as a consequence of weather outbur...

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